On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: > What was bizarre and obtuse about my comments? Is it wrong for me to > wish to have peopel abide by the license of my contribution to the > kernel?
I'm not particularly interested in dragging this out, but you asked, so here's how I saw it go down: The guy shows up and helpfully posts directions and files for getting Moblin's wireless working on one of the most popular netbooks out there (the Dell Mini 9). We all know Broadcom has a misguided policy on copyright, and what most people would have said is, "Thanks for your effort, but you're not technically allowed to distribute that driver because it contains a binary blob." Case closed. Instead, you decide to drag out some sort of passive-aggressive public shaming ritual over the course of several emails. What was particularly annoying to me is that usually this sort of treatment is reserved for new users of open source software (sadly). You, however, decided it was a necessary tactic in dealing with some poor guy who is simply trying to contribute to the project. _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: https://lists.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
