Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

[Jon K Hellan]

D. Hazelton wrote:
(as is the GPL - if you release code under
> the GPL you no longer have a legal right to it. Note the following text that 
> appears in the GPL:
>
> "  We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
> (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy,
> distribute and/or modify the software."
> --IE: Once you release the code under the GPL, it becomes the *copyrighted* 
> *property* of the FSF and you are just another person that the GPL is applied 
> to. 

"We" means "whoever is issuing" the license. I.e. you, if it's your 
work, and you didn't reassign it to somebody else.

Jon KÃre
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