Am Dienstag 19 Juni 2007 20:32 schrieb Alexandre Oliva: > On Jun 19, 2007, Hans-Jürgen Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am Dienstag 19 Juni 2007 04:46 schrieb Alexandre Oliva: > >> The distrust for the FSF led to this very short-sighted decision of > >> painting the Linux community into a corner from which it is very > >> unlikely to be able to ever leave, no matter how badly it turns out to > >> be needed. > > > I'm neither in a corner nor do I feel the need for a different license. > > Yes. Some day you may. And then what will you or anyone else be able > to do about it?
A lot of awful things could happen to you or me _tomorrow_. Are you prepared for everything? I'm not. If I'd try to be prepared for every possible disaster, you'd rightly call me mentally ill. Even if my code is used on a Tivo-like device, I can sleep well and don't need a different license. These are the _normal_ grey areas that _every_ license or law contains. > > >> Let's just hope it never is, or that some influx of > >> long-sighted comes in > > > Kernel programmers are short-sighted? What kind of arrogance is that? > > It's just stating the obvious. The upgrade path is a nightmare. Well, maybe. Maybe this is a topic that needs further discussion. But I don't find it very important as we're not in a situation where we urgently need a new license. [...] Hans - 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/
