From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Theo de Raadt Subject: Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:36:36 -0600 Message-ID: <200709020036.l820aaNf014181@cvs.openbsd.org> References: <20070902000226.GE24887@bofh.cns.ualberta.ca> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Bob Beck Return-path: Received: from cvs.openbsd.org ([199.185.137.3]:27074 "EHLO cvs.openbsd.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932635AbXIBArZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 20:47:25 -0400 In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:02:26 MDT." <20070902000226.GE24887@bofh.cns.ualberta.ca> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org When companies have taken our wireless device drivers, many many of them have given changes and fixes back. Some maybe didn't, but that is OK. When Linux took our changes back, they immediately locked the door against changes moving back, by putting a GPL license on guard. Why does our brother Linux take a file that is 90% BSD licensed, and refuse to let us see the 10% he adds?