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SubjectRe: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers
v j wrote:
> On 2/14/07, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> 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.
Please clarify!
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/07/23/1558219.shtml?tid=117&tid=123

Richard Knutsson

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