2006/9/15, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Thomas Hertweck wrote:
Siegbert Baude wrote:
[...] As long as no court has said was is fact in this case and what is not, nobody should argue that the "GPL forces proprietary drivers to be thrown out". And as long as there is no illegal action, also distributing cannot be forbidden. [...] [...quite a lot of text snipped...]
I am in complete agreement with this statement!
Pay a lawyer to check if your opinion matches copyright law. A court won't care about your opinion, only about the law.
You both are very welcome to offer insurance against legal claims by kernel developers.
If GPL by law said you can't have non-free drivers, why there was a kernel developer discussion about that issue, i mean they could just ask a lawyer. _Is there a formal letter from kernel developers saying you can't have non-free drivers in your servers or your distro ?_ Normally people send a letter before take you in court. -- Marcel Mourguiart