Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

["Hans-Jürgen Koch" <hjk@linutronix.de>]

Am Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:34:49 +0100
schrieb Christer Weinigel <christer@weinigel.se>:

> 
> I also think that my customers, that decided to keep their kernel
> modules binary only, made a big mistake and have told them so.  But I
> still think it's better for the Linux community to be a bit soft on
> such companies for a while.  

That has been done, hasn't it?

> It's better to let them get away with it
> for a while, and slowly try to convince them about the error of their
> ways, rather than see them go with Windows CE or a BSD.

If somebody prefers an other OS for license reasons only, let them. You
cannot have open source software without open source license. If a
company chooses Linux, they do it for technical reasons, and because
they're able to modify the sources to suit their needs. Whatever
advantages they see in Linux, they have to know that they have to
accept its license. Just saying "I like your software but
your license is stupid" is childish. Use CE instead.

Thanks,
Hans