Messages in this thread | | | From | "David Schwartz" <> | Subject | RE: People, not GPL [was: Re: Driver Model] | Date | Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:26:19 -0700 |
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> On Gwe, 2003-09-12 at 22:47, Matt D. Robinson wrote:
> > So include GPL_ONLY(), don't include GPL_ONLY(), whatever. If you > > don't like it, Mr. Customer, find a Linux distributor that will > > fix the problem for you.
> Linux vendors have already recieved, and decided to act on cease and > desist letters involving adding hooks (ie EXPORT_SYMBOL stuff) for non > free modules that were not in the base distro. I think that speaks for > part of the legal view.
Who is sending these letters? Who has no respect for the GPL and seeks to add additional restrictions? IMO, these letters are almost as bad as the SCO letters. Nobody has any business putting additional licensing restrictions on code was placed under the GPL.
DS
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