From: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
To: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:45:47 +1030 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47C910B3.80608@davidnewall.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1204323473.2316.59.camel@dv>
Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 07:38 +1030, David Newall wrote:
>
>> It's a stupid problem promulgated by stupid people, and I use the word
>> "stupid" in it's most pejorative sense.
>>
>
> It would be more useful if you counter specific arguments rather than
> employ ad hominem attacks.
True. Somebody had just said something quite similar, which undoubtedly
is what brought the thought to mind. However, it is a stupid problem,
and all of the arguments have already been done to death. Nothing
remains to be said, and the sensible strategy now is just to work around
the stupid blocks and ignore any fools who care to howl. Also, working
around the blocks serves as a useful object lesson to everybody who has
forgotten that the point of the GPL is to provide freedom to innovate
and change, not to restrict it.
Just do it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-01 8:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-28 22:11 [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols Pavel Roskin
2008-02-28 23:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 6:20 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 16:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 16:54 ` Chris Friesen
2008-02-29 17:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 17:59 ` Chris Friesen
2008-03-06 14:56 ` David Woodhouse
2008-02-29 16:59 ` Zan Lynx
2008-02-29 17:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 17:20 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 17:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 19:39 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 19:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 20:08 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 20:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 21:13 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 20:17 ` John W. Linville
2008-02-29 20:40 ` David Newall
2008-02-29 20:59 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 21:08 ` David Newall
2008-02-29 22:17 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-03-01 8:15 ` David Newall [this message]
2008-02-29 20:44 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 21:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-02-29 22:31 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-03-03 10:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-04 5:37 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-03-04 12:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-04 17:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-03-04 17:38 ` Greg KH
2008-03-04 17:45 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-03-04 21:20 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-04 23:23 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-03-04 20:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-04 23:25 ` Jiri Kosina
2008-03-05 13:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-02-29 17:18 ` Jon Masters
2008-02-29 21:55 ` Adrian Bunk
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