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

David Newall
2008-02-07T13:15:22Z

Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 09:14:48PM +0100, Christer Weinigel wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:34:18 -0800
>> Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> In the end, it's up to the copyright holders to enforce the license.
>>> And as I have stated in the past, a number of them have made public
>>> statements as to what they think about this issue. And it corresponds
>>> exactly with what Marcel has stated above.
>>>
>>> So if you wish to violate the copyright of others, you take the risk
>>> that you might be caught and punished, something that you and your
>>> legal council needs to take into account.
>>>
>> So when do you sue Nvidia, ATI, Atheros, Broadcom[1],
>> M-Systems/Sandisk[2] or Nokia? All those companies distribute binary
>> drivers for Linux without providing source code?
>>
>
> How do you know that such legal action isn't already happening?

Is it? Or are you falsely implying that it is? I hope it is; that will
help add fact to an otherwise opinion-ridden topic.