From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758814Ab3JOLKF (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:10:05 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:52278 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757990Ab3JOLKD (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:10:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:10:01 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Rogelio Serrano Cc: "luke.leighton" , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Transcend's "one of the most cavalier GPL violations in a long time" Message-ID: <20131015111001.GA20560@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> References: <20131013120201.GA23970@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue 2013-10-15 07:42:56, Rogelio Serrano wrote: > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: > > >> > >> I dont think the majority of linux kernel developers care about > >> enforcement at all. Its virtually public domain as far as i can see, > >> Linus himself will not run after violators. > >> > >> Any company out there is free to do what they want. > > > > Not sure what you are smoking but it must be pretty strong stuff. > > I was led to believe this in the busybox list. maybe we are communally > smoking the same stuff. Linux Kernel Developers would rather go on > developing better code than waste time on enforcement. Some even think > it is counter productive to adoption of linux. Well... yes, busybox people are more agressive with enforcement, but this does not mean linux kernel is public domain. It only takes one contributor to enforce GPL... Harald Welte does that job for Germany, and if someone includes nbd (network block device) in their GPL-violation, they may get some fun with me. > Transcend most likely knows this. Do they import in Germany? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html