Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 09:14:48PM +0100, Christer Weinigel wrote: > >> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:34:18 -0800 >> Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> In the end, it's up to the copyright holders to enforce the license. >>> And as I have stated in the past, a number of them have made public >>> statements as to what they think about this issue. And it corresponds >>> exactly with what Marcel has stated above. >>> >>> So if you wish to violate the copyright of others, you take the risk >>> that you might be caught and punished, something that you and your >>> legal council needs to take into account. >>> >> So when do you sue Nvidia, ATI, Atheros, Broadcom[1], >> M-Systems/Sandisk[2] or Nokia? All those companies distribute binary >> drivers for Linux without providing source code? >> > > How do you know that such legal action isn't already happening?
Is it? Or are you falsely implying that it is? I hope it is; that will help add fact to an otherwise opinion-ridden topic. -- 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/
