On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:58:00 +0100, "mickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 01:45:06PM +0100, Paul de Weerd wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 12:18:16PM +0000, Jeff Rollin wrote: > > | On 14/02/07, Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | > > > | > Artur Grabowski wrote: > > | > > "Stephan A. Rickauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | > > > I did read your FAQ but I can't see how it rebuts what has > > | > > > just been said. You seem to be happy with signing NDAs. If the > > | > > > result is a readable and understandable GPL'ed driver, > > | > > > companies will be even less motivated to release programming > > | > > > documentation. This will lead to a GPL-lock-in since you > > | > > > simply replace the vendor not willing to share specifications > > | > > > with an NDA'ed GPL developer not willing to share those, but > > | > > > GPL code only. > > | > > > > | > > Which is exactly what the GPL people want since that's the whole > > | > > point of the license. Otherwise they wouldn't be using the > > | > > GPL. Duh. > > | > > > | > Nah, RMS doesn't want this. A lot of `GPL people' don't want this > > | > at all. > > | > > > | > This deal is meant to divide. > > | > > > | > > | And this discussion isn't? There are already plenty of divisions within > > the > > | FOSS world - between the F and OS of FOSS, between Linux and BSD, between > > | the various BSDs. It's not as if TdR started OpenBSD to continue > > | contributing to NetBSD, is it? > > | > > | And yet when a driver is released under the BSD licence, which conflicts > > | with the GPL, when do we hear the bitching about it on the BSD side? Wait, > > | what's that? Oh, we don't? > > > > When vendors open up their docs, all profit. When one signs an NDA, in > > the end, no one profits. > > > > Besides, what is keeping Linux from including BSD licensed drivers ? I > > was under the impression that they have done this in the past. How > > does a BSD licensed driver conflict with the GPL ? I've heard that the > > two-clause BSD license should be compatbile with the GPL... > > oh come fucking on! > do not start this bsd vs gpl crap again!
How long have you people been reading these lists? When are people going to realize that Han is just a troll.
