Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

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Michael K. Edwards wrote:
On 2/15/07, Jeff Garzik <[email protected]> wrote:
v j wrote:
> So far I have heard nothing but, "if you don't contribute, screw you."
> All this is fine. Just say so. Make it black and white. Make it

It is black and white in copyright law and the GPL.

The /whole point/ of the GPL is to funnel contributions back.

Bzzzt.  The whole point of the GPL is to "guarantee your freedom to
share and change free software--to make sure the software is free for
all its users."

No, that's the FSF marketing fluff you've been taught to recite.

In the context of the Linux kernel, I'm referring to the original reason why Linus chose the GPL for the Linux kernel.

	Jeff



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