On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 00:04 -0800, v j wrote: > On 2/14/07, Arjan van de Ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 21:16 -0800, v j wrote: > > > This is in reference to the following thread: > > > > > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/14/63 > > > > > > I am not sure if this is ever addressed in LKML, but linux is _very_ > > > popular in the embedded space. We (an embedded vendor) chose Linux 3 > > > years back because of its lack of royalty model, robustness and > > > availability of infinite number of open-source tools. > > > > > > I think you have a bit of a misunderstanding... Linux is not royalty > > free. Just the royalty is not in the form of cash, but in the form of > > having to give your improvements back to the open source world. > > Sure. But this is not legally binding.
that's a legal conclusion that is ... iffy at least. I'm not a lawyer, but I suggest you talk to a real one before making that conclusion, and you'll see it's not as simple as that. -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
