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

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Date:	Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:02:56 +1030
From:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Christer Weinigel <christer@...nigel.se>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

Alan Cox wrote:
>> The contract (GPL) doesn't prevent me from using GPL work, in fact it
>> encourages me.  Neither can it impose conditions upon original work
>> authored by a third party.
>>     
>
> First mistake: The GPL is not a contract it is a license.
Mea culpa.  It is indeed a licence, which I did and do know.  I really
did mean, "The licence (GPL)"
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