linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

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Date:	Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:14:48 +0100
From:	Christer Weinigel <christer@...nigel.se>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:34:18 -0800
Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:

> In the end, it's up to the copyright holders to enforce the license.
> And as I have stated in the past, a number of them have made public
> statements as to what they think about this issue.  And it corresponds
> exactly with what Marcel has stated above.
> 
> So if you wish to violate the copyright of others, you take the risk
> that you might be caught and punished, something that you and your
> legal council needs to take into account.

So when do you sue Nvidia, ATI, Atheros, Broadcom[1],
M-Systems/Sandisk[2] or Nokia? All those companies distribute binary
drivers for Linux without providing source code?

 /Christer

[1]  WIFI chips and drivers used by Cisco, Asus and a lot of other
manufacturers.

[2] DiskOnChip devices used in lots of embedded systems, among others
the Troll Tech Greenphone.

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