Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GPL Violation? | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:32:46 +0100 |
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Ar Gwe, 2006-08-18 am 00:26 +0100, ysgrifennodd Ian Stirling: > If you (as someone who does not make chip B) release the GPL'd > driver, then you're making it a fair bit easier for competitors, > who can now simply copy your often not very novel in any way > other than you thought of it first - design, and use that driver.
If your product differentiator is "used a different ten cent ethernet chip" then remind me no to buy your stock 8)
What many vendors have found is the fact that they can support chip B under Linux by copying an existing driver and changing small parts of it is far more important.
Alan
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