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

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Date:	Sat, 17 Feb 2007 23:20:32 -0800
From:	"Michael K. Edwards" <medwards.linux@...il.com>
To:	"Trent Waddington" <trent.waddington@...il.com>
Cc:	"Neil Brown" <neilb@...e.de>, davids@...master.com,
	"Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

> On second thought, let's not deconstruct this.  It's too much work,
> and it's a waste of time.  Because if you can't read "anything other
> people wrote is fair game, but what we write is sacred; our strategy
> is to cajole when we can and strong-arm when we can't, and the law be
> damned" into that, no amount of verbiage from me is going to change
> your mind.

Er, that would be, "cajole when we must and strong-arm whenever we
can".  That didn't stay on the floor long enough to pick up any germs;
doesn't count.  :-)

Cheers,
- Michael
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