Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

From: Nick Piggin
Date: Thu Feb 15 2007 - 03:24:51 EST


v j wrote:
On 2/14/07, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If your mindset is "how much can I take take take without giving back
back back" then personally I think you're sort of acting like a parasite
in this context....


Ok so are thousands of others who are using Linux as their OS of
choice in embedded systems. They are not doing this because they are
eager to give back back. They are doing it because Linux provides
compelling reasons for them to choose it. They could have very well
chosen VxWorks or OSE too. They chose not to, but not because they
were unwilling to be a parasite.

I can't control how people think or the reasons behind their actions. Nor
do I care. All I care about is that I don't have parasites hanging off me.

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