From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755846Ab2KIUVb (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Nov 2012 15:21:31 -0500 Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk ([81.2.110.251]:46254 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751514Ab2KIUV2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Nov 2012 15:21:28 -0500 Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 20:26:32 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: Andy Grover Cc: nab@risingtidesystems.com, Chris Friesen , Jon Mason , target-devel , linux-scsi , linux-kernel , Marc Fleischmann Subject: Re: scsi target, likely GPL violation Message-ID: <20121109202632.26b39674@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <509D5EF3.9030809@redhat.com> References: <509A915B.30105@redhat.com> <509B117A.6070708@genband.com> <509BE460.6010404@redhat.com> <1352405111.29589.476.camel@haakon2.linux-iscsi.org> <509C22B2.8010600@redhat.com> <1352426896.29589.512.camel@haakon2.linux-iscsi.org> <20121109110336.41833034@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> <509D5EF3.9030809@redhat.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.8; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:52:19 -0800 Andy Grover wrote: > On 11/09/2012 03:03 AM, Alan Cox wrote: > > I fail to understand the maintainer question however. If you were trying > > to block people adding target features that competed that would be a > > different thing. > > You think it's ok for us to have an unrepentant GPL violator as a > subsystem maintainer?? > > If that's really what you're saying then I think that's crazy. If he was a GPL violator and had been shown so it would be. However it's alleged GPL violator, and we could have the same argument about say Nvidia or half a dozen other contributors and companies before we get to things like the GPLv2 versus DRM question (all the necessary scripts including the key). But RH could always sue him, or simply provide an open alternative I guess (or indeed let secure boot and the RHEL plans for it put him out of business) ;) Alan