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

David Schwartz
2006-03-09T04:42:14Z

Dave Neuer wrote:

> 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.

DS