Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:16:09 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers |
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Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Feb 15, 2007, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> wrote: > >> Michael K. Edwards wrote: >>> On 2/15/07, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> wrote: > >>>> The /whole point/ of the GPL is to funnel contributions back. > >>> Bzzzt. The whole point of the GPL is to "guarantee your freedom to >>> share and change free software--to make sure the software is free for >>> all its users." > >> No, that's the FSF marketing fluff you've been taught to recite. > > The same FSF that wrote the GPL, no less ;-) > >> In the context of the Linux kernel, I'm referring to the original >> reason why Linus chose the GPL for the Linux kernel. > > If he chose it for this reason, he chose the wrong license. The GPL
Strange, then, how its been so successful in funelling back contributions.
Jeff
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