Re: Nasty Requirements for non-GPL Linux Kernel Modules?

[kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)]

mikeg@wen-online.de (Mike Galbraith)  wrote on 13.05.01 in <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105131250150.338-100000@mikeg.weiden.de>:

> On 13 May 2001, Kai Henningsen wrote:
>
> > alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)  wrote on 09.05.01 in
> > <E14xZNJ-00033f-00@the-village.bc.nu>:
> >
> > > > you stand, it'll cost you around $15K and that, in my opinion, is
> > > > fine. If it isn't worth $15K to protect your code then it is worth so
> > > > little to you that there really is no good reason not to just GPL it
> > > > from the start.
> > >
> > > Smart advice.
> >
> > Problem is, the people making that decision are not always the people
> > wanting to distribute the work in question, in which case the argument
> > doesn't work.
>
> if (!cost_analysis) goto darwinism;

Thank you for completely missing the point.

MfG Kai