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SubjectRe: Intel E1000 server gig-card?
Gerard Roudier wrote:
> Each project have had _valuable_ reasons to choose their license. We must
> try to respect that decision each time it is possible.
> The BSD projects are very embarassed with softwares they are interested in
> and that are refused to be moved to BSD style license by the original
> authors.
> Even if I respect any kind of author's decision, incorporating without
> restraints BSD softwares into the Linux kernel for the reasons this does
> not affect the GPLed softwares looks like unfairness to me.

If it really matters to you, you can always dual-license the code, and
let downstream developers pick which license they find most suitable.

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