On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Luke -Jr [email protected] wrote:
Torvalds has nothing to do with why I'm here. If Linux didn't exist, we'd be using either HURD or a BSD kernel.
You gave me a chuckle, especially the reference to HURD. I do not mean to slight the contributions of the Berkeley crowd or of GNU, but Linux was the catalyst for the mainstream use of Free software and the current Unix renaissance. It's possible that it could have happened in another way without the efforts of Linus, but then again, GNU struggled for years unsuccessfully to make a kernel. Writing a kernel from scratch is far from a trivial act.
Furthermore, BSD does not share your philosophy, and thus it's absurd for you to suggest that you'd be having an argument about a GPLed kernel if we were all using BSD.
Stallman doesn't think everything should be free, and admits there is a legal problem, so what's your argument again?
No sir, WHAT IS YOURS?
All significant parties - the guy that wrote the GPL, the guy that wrote Linux - say what nVidia is doing is okay, and that the issue isn't what they are doing, but is instead a limitation of the license itself. Where is the injury? Where is the "illegal" behavior that you're talking about? They decline to seek civil recompense as they do not feel there is an injury. They publicly state that nVidia's efforts are okay and that they will not seek legal recompense.
My assertion is that your argument is baseless and that you are in the wrong. I have backed up my statements with facts, could you please do likewise?
Jeffrey.