Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers | From | Bernd Petrovitsch <> | Date | Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:38:05 +0100 |
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On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 22:25 -0800, v j wrote: [...] > No, just that the trend is disturbing. If enough Kernel Developers > choose to write their Software in a way that prevents others from > using it freely, then that is troubling. Especially when these Kernel
You can use it freely - your definitions of "free" and "closed" are broken (at least on LKML).
> Developers are substituting existing interfaces in the Kernel with > ones that are NEW and require specific licenses.
That claimed "specific license" is the very same license that the rest of the kernel has since day 1. So what?
Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services
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