Re: GPL weasels and the atheros stink
From: Valdis . Kletnieks
Date: Mon Sep 03 2007 - 12:12:44 EST
On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:03:07 +0200, Marc Espie said:
> Look at the situation: Reyk Floeter writes some code, puts it
> under a dual licence, and goes on vacation.
>
> While he's away, some other people (Jiri, for starters) tweak the
> copyright and licence on the file he's mostly written. Without asking
> Reyk. Without even having the basic decency to wait for him to be
> around.
And we collectively told Jiri where to stick that.
So let's recap:
1) Jiri submitted a borked patch that changed the licenses.
2) We didn't accept said patch.
3) There's then a whole big fuss about a *NON EXISTENT PROBLEM*.
I could see where the *BSD people could complain if we had *accepted and
distributed* said patch. But it was wrong, we recognized it was wrong,
and the system is working as designed. So let's quit the flamefest already.
Geez.
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