From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757608AbYBGNTy (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:19:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752291AbYBGNTp (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:19:45 -0500 Received: from hawking.rebel.net.au ([203.20.69.83]:34800 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751994AbYBGNTo (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:19:44 -0500 Message-ID: <47AB056E.70802@davidnewall.com> Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:49:42 +1030 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hans-J=FCrgen_Koch?= CC: Christer Weinigel , Marcel Holtmann , Diego Zuccato , Greg KH , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only References: <20080125180232.GA4613@kroah.com> <20080202123710.42df1aa0@weinigel.se> <20080202191930.GA19826@kroah.com> <47A5D895.20300@davidnewall.com> <47A6E742.80408@otello.alma.unibo.it> <47A764ED.8030605@weinigel.se> <1202161091.15090.84.camel@violet> <20080206213449.6614efea@weinigel.se> <20080206215442.63c94cf3@dilbert.local> In-Reply-To: <20080206215442.63c94cf3@dilbert.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hans-Jürgen Koch wrote: > If somebody prefers an other OS for license reasons only, let them. You > cannot have open source software without open source license. If a > company chooses Linux, they do it for technical reasons, and because > they're able to modify the sources to suit their needs. Whatever > advantages they see in Linux, they have to know that they have to > accept its license. Just saying "I like your software but > your license is stupid" is childish. Use CE instead. Nobody is saying "I don't like your licence." The issue is a technical restriction in Linux that attempts to restrict non-GPL software from running under it. It's a bullish approach, technically incompetent, legally meaningless and politically damaging.