From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 20:26:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 20:26:06 -0500 Received: from bitmover.com ([192.132.92.2]:63685 "EHLO mail.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 20:26:03 -0500 Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 17:34:32 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: Bob Taylor Cc: Brad Hards , Mike Galbraith , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in closed source drivers? Message-ID: <20030104013432.GQ24896@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Bob Taylor , Brad Hards , Mike Galbraith , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200301031729.36696.bhards@bigpond.net.au> <200301031831.KAA05148@ann.qtpi.lakewood.ca.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200301031831.KAA05148@ann.qtpi.lakewood.ca.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 10:31:58AM -0800, Bob Taylor wrote: > In message <200301031729.36696.bhards@bigpond.net.au>, Brad > Hards writes: > > [snip] > > > I _hate_ intellectual property. > > Unless, of course, you happen to have some yourself. Flaming on the kernel list: $20 minutes. Reading all the flames: $120 minutes. A flash of truth like Bob's statement: Priceless. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm