From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:00:47 -0400 Message-ID: <46DA194F.9030303@garzik.org> References: <20070902000226.GE24887@bofh.cns.ualberta.ca> <200709020036.l820aaNf014181@cvs.openbsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Theo de Raadt , Bob Beck , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, misc@openbsd.org To: "Constantine A. Murenin" Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:56176 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754466AbXIBCAv (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 22:00:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > Indeed, it's upsetting that people like Luis Rodriguez push for the > lawyers to be involved to (fight?) an open source project. Why, may I > ask? Is it not self-evident? Legal review is the sane course of action, when legal issues are the bone of contention. That said, Linux people are far more pragmatic than FSF people, and often disagree with the FSF. I would not take an FSF lawyer's word as Gospel. Theo manages to confuse "Linux" and "FSF" quite often, but that's characteristic of his muddled thinking and inexperience. Jeff