From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:01:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:01:55 -0500 Received: from mail.hometree.net ([212.34.181.120]:19926 "EHLO mail.hometree.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:01:54 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: forge.intermeta.de!not-for-mail From: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" Newsgroups: hometree.linux.kernel Subject: Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in closed source drivers? Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 15:10:33 +0000 (UTC) Organization: INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH Message-ID: References: <20030102055859.GA3991@gnuppy.monkey.org> <20030102061430.GA23276@mark.mielke.cc> <20030103040612.GA10651@work.bitmover.com> <20030104220651.GA30907@merlin.emma.line.org> <20030104222330.GA1386@work.bitmover.com> <20030105221345.GA31840@mark.mielke.cc> <20030106173949.GA1712@gnuppy.monkey.org> Reply-To: hps@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Host: forge.intermeta.de X-Trace: tangens.hometree.net 1041952233 27615 212.34.181.4 (7 Jan 2003 15:10:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 15:10:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Copyright: (C) 1996-2002 Henning Schmiedehausen X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.1 (NOV) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Richard Stallman writes: >I don't know why the BSD systems did not become as popular; perhaps >it's because they became available some years later. We have a finnish poster boy and a more cuddly mascot. SCNR Henning -- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen -- Geschaeftsfuehrer INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH hps@intermeta.de Am Schwabachgrund 22 Fon.: 09131 / 50654-0 info@intermeta.de D-91054 Buckenhof Fax.: 09131 / 50654-20