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

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Message-ID: <47AB056E.70802@davidnewall.com>
Date:	Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:49:42 +1030
From:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
To:	Hans-Jürgen Koch <hjk@...utronix.de>
CC:	Christer Weinigel <christer@...nigel.se>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	Diego Zuccato <diego@...llo.alma.unibo.it>,
	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

Hans-Jürgen Koch wrote:
> If somebody prefers an other OS for license reasons only, let them. You
> cannot have open source software without open source license. If a
> company chooses Linux, they do it for technical reasons, and because
> they're able to modify the sources to suit their needs. Whatever
> advantages they see in Linux, they have to know that they have to
> accept its license. Just saying "I like your software but
> your license is stupid" is childish. Use CE instead.

Nobody is saying "I don't like your licence."  The issue is a technical
restriction in Linux that attempts to restrict non-GPL software from
running under it.  It's a bullish approach, technically incompetent,
legally meaningless and politically damaging.
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