Andreas Jaeger schrieb: > Siegbert, > > there are some kernel developers that do considers binary only drivers > a violation of the GPL. Just googling around found me the following: > http://kororaa.org/index.php?entry=entry060512-160752
I know this very well, also the doomsday scenario. And I also know that in this world most people just follow the one shouting loudest. Seems the hardliners at kernel.org shout the loudest at the moment. > We at Novell have decided to respect the view of the kernel developers > as owner of it. > > It might be that you're right and there's no violation - or perhaps > none for a specific module but some for other modules, or you're > wrong. But this is something for lawyers to discuss and I cannot > comment further on the legal side of this, This is perfectly up to you, just don't call this proven facts, that's all I'm saying. It is just the view of some developers. Was there ever a democratic poll with all kernel contributors about their opinion? And IMHO as long as there are no proven facts for license violations, Novell should care for their users more than for individual opinions. But I'm already satisfied, if you call the beast with the correct name, i.e. "We don't want it because of support reasons both inside the kernel team and for Novell as a company". Just don't abuse the GPL, it does not earn this. Ciao Siegbert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
