linux-kernel - Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

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Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:58:12 +0100
From:	Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@...e.fr>
To:	v j <vj.linux@...il.com>
Cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

Le jeudi 15 février 2007 à 10:20 -0800, v j a écrit :
> So far I have heard nothing but, "if you don't contribute, screw you."
> All this is fine. Just say so. Make it black and white. Make it
> perfectly clear what is and isn't legal. If we can't load proprietary
> modules, then so be it. It will help everybody if this is out in the
> clear, instead of resorting to stupid half measures like
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.

Well, it's written in plain english in the GPL, so you can't pretend you
didn't know it.

And then, that was what guaranteed you you could use linux for your
product in the first place. You're being rude denying the same right to
others.

	Xav


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