From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751267AbWGMIpT (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:45:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751501AbWGMIpS (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:45:18 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:4315 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751267AbWGMIpR (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:45:17 -0400 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:45:16 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Johnny Lever Cc: Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] PCI-Express AER implemetation: AER core and aerdriver Message-ID: <20060713084516.GA2693@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Johnny Lever , Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1152725562.3217.62.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 02:07:07PM -0400, Johnny Lever wrote: > >Demanding that these > >companies then also allow that same code to be used by other companies > >who do not give anything back to Linux... is just really bad for Linux > >both in the short and the long term. > > > This is a quite questionable theory and a narrow minded perspective. > Saying companies that write binary drivers for Linux don't give back > anything is not factual It is. Unless you couldn't endless of useless bugs reported from users we can't debug and stupid whining trolls likle you as giving back. While we definitly can't redefine you definition of "giving back" your version is at least no appreciated. So please stop trolling here now and go somewhere else. Don't expect me and others to support you violating the clearly defined copyright license (GPLv2) we gave everyone to our code.