From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966078AbXBOQbS (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:31:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966077AbXBOQbS (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:31:18 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:43531 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966078AbXBOQbR (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:31:17 -0500 Message-ID: <45D48966.2030707@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:25:10 -0500 From: Rik van Riel User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061004) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: v j CC: Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers References: <9b3a62ab0702142115m4ea7d2c0m6869eb64ef3ee14e@mail.gmail.com> <9b3a62ab0702142116n4069e16cl1bc8f546f41d935@mail.gmail.com> <20070215061149.GE15654@redhat.com> <9b3a62ab0702142227j19386132s870a0e745cfbb8d1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9b3a62ab0702142227j19386132s870a0e745cfbb8d1@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org v j wrote: > Not everybody has to be a contributor. The reason Linux is popular is > because of its openness. Take that away and see where it goes. A few posts ago you said that your company had decided to take away the openness by shipping closed source drivers to your customers. It is good to know that you see value in openness. I hope your customers will see the value too, and make their purchases accordingly. -- All Rights Reversed