On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 11:30:04AM -0700, Craig Milo Rogers wrote: > On 04.08.26, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Craig Milo Rogers wrote: > > > > > On 04.08.26, Greg KH wrote: > > > > Greg Kroah-Hartman: > > > > o USB: rip out the whole pwc driver as the author wishes to have done > > > > o USB: rip the pwc decompressor hooks out of the kernel, as they are a GPL > > > > violation > > > > > > The decompressor hooks may be a Linux kernel policy violation, > > > but I challenge your contention that they are a GPL violation. > > > > Doesn't matter. Whether they are a GPL violation is a gray area. They were > > removed because of a policy. The author then complained, and the _driver_ > > was removed for that reason. > > > > At no point was it a legal argument. In fact, since none of the people > > involved were layers, you shouldn't even try to _make_ it a legal > > arguments. > > Thank you, Linus, for making my point to Greg more clearly > than I did. Saying that the pwc decompressor hooks were removed "as > they are a GPL violation" is a difficult statement to support, and > brings up unresolved legal issues -- exactly what I tried to say. I'm > pleased you've clarified this issue for Greg and the rest of us. > > In concordance with Linus' policy statement above, Greg, could > you change your patch attribution to say something like "per kernel > policy", please? If for no other reason than to reduce dissention > among future lkml archive delvers about why the pwc removal took > place? :-)
Hm, I can't do that anymore, as Linus has accepted it into his tree already. If he feels it's a big issue, he can edit it there. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- 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
