> > Then again I've also just considered a GPL module that wraps all the > > GPL-only APIs and just re-exports them. Hey, THAT module is GPL! ;) > > This whole GPL-only thing is just stupid. > > Read http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/NDISwrapper_and_the_GPL
When I read the original "discussion" (back when it was the hot topic of the week), my first thought was I wonder if all positions are consistent with allowing nVidia and ATI to use "GPL" stubs to load proprietary binary blobs for their graphics cards (ndiswrapper was not the first to go down this route). GPL(only) is not stupid. Stallman has a specific agenda with that particular license. It is not good, nor evil. It just (as with any license) has specific requirements/expectations. What may be stupid is that not everyone understands *any* license and the agenda behind it before they choose it. Sun CDDL, IBM Public License, all have agendas behind them. (Is there not a story about dealing with the devil?) For developer types, BSD (type) licenses allows one to take and to contribute under flexible conditions. GPL (type) licenses allows one to take and requires one to contribute under specific conditions. The argument over which is more "free" is never ending. However, a license is a license, and once you pick (or have it picked for you), you have to continue to abide by it (or get yourself good lawyers). If you do not like the license, do not agree to it. Easier said than done, of course. Gary (Troublemaker) Buhrmaster _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
