Re: [future of drivers?] a proposal for binary drivers.

Dave Airlie
2006-03-09T10:02:41Z

>
> > What is linux-specific in this context is that many people, like
> > myself, who have contributed code to the kernel under the GPL *don't
> > want* their code to be used in non-free software, period. Someone who
> > wants to leverage my work needs to do it under the terms that I allow.
> > That is the law. Whining is not going to change my mind.
>
> I'm sorry, that's not the law. You can wish it was, but it's not.
>
> If the law allowed you to give your software away for free and then put
> restrictions on use, you could drop copies of a poem from an airplane (or
> put it up on a billboard) and then demand royalties from everyone who read
> it.

We don't give away our software for free, we give it away under the
terms of the GPL, you must abide by the terms of the GPL to use it.
that is the law, you can wish it wasn't but it is.

Dave.