Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

David Newall wrote on 03-02-08 16:07:
Greg KH wrote:
It comes down to the simple fact, if you wish to use Linux, abide by the
license it comes under. To do otherwise is both disenginous and
illegal[1].

I think you're being dishonest. This isn't really about Linux and it
being licensed under GPL, is it? Not if you're being 100% honest. This
is really about Beejay's* kernel module; and you are attempting to force
...
*The fictitious author of an imaginary driver.

Please keep me out of this.

I did not write any driver, imaginary or otherwise.
Nor am I fictitious.
Truely yours,

bjd


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