On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 03:06:51PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > And I actually am of the very firm opinion that a world with gray areas > (and purple, and pink, and green) is a hell of a lot better than one where > everything is black-and-white.
agreed, because you cannot imagine at the beginning all fair uses of your project. It's a good thing that people can use it, thinking "hey, it's not explicitly allowed but I think I can defend my case". > Only lawyers want a black-and-white world. not really. They would lose their job. They need a gray world to get customers, but they want to decide what half is black and what half is white in front of the judge depending on their customer's needs. > Indeed. And it's _fine_ to even be in it "just to make a quick buck". We > do want all kinds of input. I think the community is much healthier having > lots of different reasons for people wanting to be involved, rather than > concentrating on just some specific reason. > > For some it's the technology. For some it's the license. For some it's > just a thing to pass boredom. Others like to learn. Whatever. It's all > good! And I think that for many people (including myself), it's all of these in this order : - something to learn (when you're at school) - something to pass boredom (when you're at school too) - the technology (when you're working on designing new products) - the license (when you finally try to put your products on the market) Regards, Willy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
