From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 19:39:15 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Larry McVoy Cc: akuster@mvista.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: GPL inconsistency in arch/ppc/ocp/xlinx/ Message-ID: <20030615173915.GA4511@lst.de> References: <20030524201213.GA8256@lst.de> <20030612203205.GA23017@lst.de> <20030612204444.GA19453@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20030612204444.GA19453@work.bitmover.com> Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 01:44:44PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > You might want to be careful about advertising why you want these files > removed because the Xilinx clause is just covering their butt. If someone > uses Linux in some life support system and someone dies, the fact that > the community removed these files because of that clause could be construed > as a statement that Linux was suitable for life support systems. It gives > the lawyers ammo. The issue is not what you, I or Xilinx think is a good idea to do with the code, the issue is that the GPL doesn't allow to further restrict the rights it gives. ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/