[3317] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Binary Driver Issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nelson@crynwr.com)
Tue Jun 18 22:53:08 1996
Date: 18 Jun 1996 18:59:04 -0000
From: nelson@crynwr.com
To: Jim Nance <Jim_Nance@avanticorp.com>
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9606181222.AA07290@scooter>
Jim Nance writes:
> There is the seperate issue of the ethics of doing something which would
> be legal under the GPL but contrary to the wishes of the authors of the
> software. In my mind ethical issues such as this are very dependant
> on someones motivations for doing something.
And then there is the separate issue of what people will buy. Some
people won't buy any software without source because they don't want
to rely on the vendor's support because their application is
mission-critical.
Linux is the ultimate mission-critical operating system.
-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson
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