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

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Message-ID: <20080206205233.24d0760e@core>
Date:	Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:52:33 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:	Christer Weinigel <christer@...nigel.se>,
	Diego Zuccato <diego@...llo.alma.unibo.it>,
	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

> I heard this all before and I don't buy it anymore. At some point the
> companies in Asia will understand that the whole picture looks different
> and that not always cheap, cheap, cheap is best for their margins.

The asian companies for the most part don't care about giving
programming info away including for wireless. Why should they - even if
the FCC pees on one of them they just set up another 8)

Alan
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