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

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Message-ID: <47AB0457.6040108@davidnewall.com>
Date:	Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:45:03 +1030
From:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	Christer Weinigel <christer@...nigel.se>,
	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

Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 09:14:48PM +0100, Christer Weinigel wrote:
>   
>> 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?
>>     
>
> How do you know that such legal action isn't already happening?

Is it?  Or are you falsely implying that it is?  I hope it is; that will
help add fact to an otherwise opinion-ridden topic.
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