On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:58:00 +0100, "mickey" <mickey@lucifier.net> said:
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> On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 01:45:06PM +0100, Paul de Weerd wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 12:18:16PM +0000, Jeff Rollin wrote:
> > | On 14/02/07, Han Boetes <han@mijncomputer.nl> wrote:
> > | >
> > | > Artur Grabowski wrote:
> > | > > "Stephan A. Rickauer" <stephan.rickauer@ini.phys.ethz.ch> writes:
> > | > > > I did read your FAQ but I can't see how it rebuts what has
> > | > > > just been said. You seem to be happy with signing NDAs. If the
> > | > > > result is a readable and understandable GPL'ed driver,
> > | > > > companies will be even less motivated to release programming
> > | > > > documentation. This will lead to a GPL-lock-in since you
> > | > > > simply replace the vendor not willing to share specifications
> > | > > > with an NDA'ed GPL developer not willing to share those, but
> > | > > > GPL code only.
> > | > >
> > | > > Which is exactly what the GPL people want since that's the whole
> > | > > point of the license. Otherwise they wouldn't be using the
> > | > > GPL. Duh.
> > | >
> > | > Nah, RMS doesn't want this. A lot of `GPL people' don't want this
> > | > at all.
> > | >
> > | > This deal is meant to divide.
> > | >
> > |
> > | And this discussion isn't?  There are already plenty of divisions within
> > the
> > | FOSS world - between the F and OS of FOSS, between Linux and BSD, between
> > | the various BSDs. It's not as if TdR started OpenBSD to continue
> > | contributing to NetBSD, is it?
> > |
> > | And yet when a driver is released under the BSD licence, which conflicts
> > | with the GPL, when do we hear the bitching about it on the BSD side? Wait,
> > | what's that? Oh, we don't?
> > 
> > When vendors open up their docs, all profit. When one signs an NDA, in
> > the end, no one profits.
> > 
> > Besides, what is keeping Linux from including BSD licensed drivers ? I
> > was under the impression that they have done this in the past. How
> > does a BSD licensed driver conflict with the GPL ? I've heard that the
> > two-clause BSD license should be compatbile with the GPL...
> 
> oh come fucking on!
> do not start this bsd vs gpl crap again!

How long have you people been reading these lists?
When are people going to realize that Han is just a troll.