From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754255AbXIBTfj (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2007 15:35:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751655AbXIBTfb (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2007 15:35:31 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:55371 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751503AbXIBTfa (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2007 15:35:30 -0400 Message-ID: <46DB1080.5060502@garzik.org> Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:35:28 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jonathan A. George" CC: Matthew Jacob , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: "GPL weasels and the atheros stink" References: <46DAF70E.9060800@austin.rr.com> <7579f7fb0709021131g43768bcet5a0895b5e56540ef@mail.gmail.com> <46DB0960.9060405@austin.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <46DB0960.9060405@austin.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.9 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jonathan A. George wrote: > ... But is it _ethical_ (as opposed to legal) to violate the expressed > intent of the original author ... The author expresses his intent primarily by choice of license text, and it's very important to all of us that we follow the rules set forth by the author in that license text. Jeff