On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:47:30 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
They are dogmatic about a definition of free software that goes far beyond open source.
Open source isn't a well defined term but instead has many different variations.
Now it's your turn to explain to me how that provides "a lever."
A company uses Linux as embedded OS. Since it distributes the device and thus the Linux kernel, the GPL demands that the company also make the sources available. Harald Welte of netfilter fame has successfully got companies like Linksys to make the sources available and the GPL gave him the lever.
And if it does, why doesn't it work for all hardware vendors?
No one is helped by that.
The developers of the kernel code are helped. Creating proprietary drivers means profiting from the work of the kernel developers without giving something back in return.
who will have nothing to do with GPL-licensed components, no matter how valuable they might be to their projects.
Nearly everybody uses GCC (at least the C and C++ compilers) and everybody uses the glibc (which is licensed under LGPL). Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org