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

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Message-ID: <45D4E17F.10206@garzik.org>
Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:41:03 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at>
CC:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Ben Nizette <ben.nizette@...et.net.au>,
	v j <vj.linux@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 18:40 +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:
>> Rhetorical question: what stops me from taking somebody's copyrighted
>> work, stripping the copyrights or falsely claiming to have a license
>> to redistribute it, then selling it?
> 
> No one.

Well, that's not quite true, is it?  This little microcosm of life has 
its checks and balances, and certainly strives for an equilibrium.

You make a choice, as in Nick's example, to balance the risk of being 
caught, being sued, being shamed, and/or being avoided by customers 
against the perceived rewards.

Negative incentives are present, is the overall answer, even if they are 
not immediately obvious and spelled out in excruciating detail.

	Jeff

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