On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 09:26 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > Q: But you took away my freedom! Isn't Linux about freedom?
The GPL provides is a very _specific_ kind of freedom. It has its own restrictions -- in many ways it's less free than if we were to just release our code to the public domain, or under a BSD-style licence. That is intentional. > Q: You are keeping companies from wanting to write binary drivers for > Linux. Again, that is intentional. People are free to go use BSD if the GPL is not compatible with their desires. Or Windows, perhaps. People seem to be whining that Linux is released under the GPL instead of a BSD licence. Perhaps the users concerned should be gently encouraged to go elsewhere? Linus was _joking_ when he said 'world domination'. -- dwmw2 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
