Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

[Neil Brown]

On Wednesday February 14, vj.linux@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> You don't get it do you. Our source code is meaningless to the Open
> Source community at large. It is only useful to our tiny set of
> competitors that have nothing to do with Linux. The Embedded space is
> very specific. We are only _using_ Linux. Just as we could have used
> VxWorks or OSE. Using our source code would not benefit anybody but
> our competitors. 

It would also benefit your *customers*.  And you might find that
providing such benefits increases the number of your customers.

NeilBrown
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