From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932904AbXBPB6T (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:58:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932909AbXBPB6T (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:58:19 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.169]:48924 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932904AbXBPB6S (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:58:18 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=IfGZa2hvX1DKTCWJVEiWjYgY2E47Kn5BE6iMRDhWMiXHqaZRog0RSl0WVxjI+sBYAlEDxy42pI+1jtVNoSiXEDQoTu1XkZfqNbf3J9ejG5RA85QlKTwdQwzc2y35oXas2NRV32H+lR3PUHxA+f+LOLngMIS/UktH5cmOR0brZiE= Message-ID: <75b66ecd0702151758h6a608306m838285e04e2984f1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:58:16 -0500 From: "Lee Revell" To: "Greg Trounson" Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <45D4FCCC.90604@maths.otago.ac.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9b3a62ab0702142115m4ea7d2c0m6869eb64ef3ee14e@mail.gmail.com> <9b3a62ab0702142116n4069e16cl1bc8f546f41d935@mail.gmail.com> <20070215061149.GE15654@redhat.com> <9b3a62ab0702142227j19386132s870a0e745cfbb8d1@mail.gmail.com> <20070215165339.GB5285@thunk.org> <45D4F67D.4030902@maths.otago.ac.nz> <75b66ecd0702151618g752dcd10p99b17ad20a81569c@mail.gmail.com> <45D4FCCC.90604@maths.otago.ac.nz> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 92a28dc3c29fadf6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2/15/07, Greg Trounson wrote: > I wasn't disputing legal problems with proprietary drivers nor suggesting people ignore > the issue. I was trying to make the point that Linux is adversely affected when lots of > users, proprietary developers or otherwise, abandon Linux, and the issue might be more > serious than people here think. > > IMO the lack of provision for proprietary drivers in the GPL is a problem. Not > necessarily one we can do anything about now the horse has bolted, but a problem nonetheless. What has changed lately that would cause anyone to "abandon Linux"? The rules are the same as they have ever been, and Linux is more popular than ever in the embedded market. Lee