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Message-ID: <46DB051D.3010008@garzik.org>
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:46:53 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To: "Jonathan A. George" <jageorge@...tin.rr.com>
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: "GPL weasels and the atheros stink"
Jonathan A. George wrote:
> Question #1: Is it _ethical_ (legality aside) to take someone else's
> actively maintained work (for example an OpenBSD driver) and make
> changes which can not be shared/used by the original developer/maintainer?
This happens all the time. It's called a fork.
Forks happen for good reasons, bad reasons, dumb reasons, and smart reasons.
Sometimes the useful changes can be shared back, and that's a good thing
[for that situation].
Sometimes changes cannnot be shared back, and that's also a good thing
[for that situation].
> Question #2: Is it _technically beneficial_ to branch an OSS work (for
> example an OpenBSD driver) in such a way as to diminish the ability to
> share contributions between projects?
Can only be answered on a case-by-case basis.
The reality OF THE CODE is such that *BSD and Linux share good SOLUTIONS
quite often. That's a benefit of open source. And that's a good thing.
Jeff
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