On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:34:18 -0800
Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> In the end, it's up to the copyright holders to enforce the license.
> And as I have stated in the past, a number of them have made public
> statements as to what they think about this issue.  And it corresponds
> exactly with what Marcel has stated above.
> 
> So if you wish to violate the copyright of others, you take the risk
> that you might be caught and punished, something that you and your
> legal council needs to take into account.

So when do you sue Nvidia, ATI, Atheros, Broadcom[1],
M-Systems/Sandisk[2] or Nokia? All those companies distribute binary
drivers for Linux without providing source code?

 /Christer

[1]  WIFI chips and drivers used by Cisco, Asus and a lot of other
manufacturers.

[2] DiskOnChip devices used in lots of embedded systems, among others
the Troll Tech Greenphone.

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