Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 Sep 2007 21:52:31 -0400 | From | "Constantine A. Murenin" <> | Subject | Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing |
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On 01/09/07, Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote: > When companies have taken our wireless device drivers, many many of > them have given changes and fixes back. Some maybe didn't, but that > is OK. > > When Linux took our changes back, they immediately locked the door > against changes moving back, by putting a GPL license on guard. > > Why does our brother Linux take a file that is 90% BSD licensed, > and refuse to let us see the 10% he adds?
Indeed, it's upsetting that people like Luis Rodriguez push for the lawyers to be involved to (fight?) an open source project. Why, may I ask?
Why Luis puts the phrase "legal hell" next to entirely free software? [0] Why is he trying to go against the BSD community, which gave him the entire HAL framework for the driver in question?
Best regards, Constantine.
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