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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:16:44 -0800 From: "v j" <vj.linux@...il.com> To: "Trent Waddington" <trent.waddington@...il.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers On 2/14/07, v j <vj.linux@...il.com> wrote: > This has nothing to do with politics. I am not a Linux contributor. I realize that people who have contributed to the Linux Kernel have very valid points. It is their sweat and blood. They have a right to protect what they have worked on. I am purely commenting from a user perspective. If Linux becomes closed to external drivers, then it will have repercussions in the embedded space. I can say for certain that a company evaluating OSes and realizing that their drivers will have to be open-source will almost certainly go for the alternative. > > > > On 2/14/07, Trent Waddington <trent.waddington@...il.com> wrote: > > On 2/15/07, v j <vj.linux@...il.com> wrote: > > > The drivers which we have written over the last three years are suddenly > > > under threat. > > > [..] > > > The fact that Linux is becoming more and more closed is very very alarming. > > > > Sigh. Someone remind me of the rules against "politics" on the list > > before I get into why vj should play nice with the other children. > > > > Trent > > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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