Re: Linux kernel and laws

2006-06-05 Thread Evgeniy Polyakov
On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 04:02:26PM +0200, Adrian Bunk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Far too many people have a careless "U.S.A. laws suck, merge it anyway" > > attitude. > If someone would state a submission to the kernel might have issues > according to Chinese laws, or Iranian laws, or Russian

Re: Linux kernel and laws

2006-06-05 Thread linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)
On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 08:52:35AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> ... >>> Paying attention to proper reverse engineering is good. Being >>> overzealous is not. >> >> Being overzealous about merging drivers without first checking the legal >> ramifications is

Linux kernel and laws

2006-06-05 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 08:52:35AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: >... > > Paying attention to proper reverse engineering is good. Being > > overzealous is not. > > Being overzealous about merging drivers without first checking the legal > ramifications is a good way to torpedo Linux. > > Far too many