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Quotes of the week - the view from outside

This is not the linux-kernel mailing list; you do not get to be rude just because you feel grumpy, disagree with someone else's reasoning, or drank decaf by accident.
Bryan O'Sullivan

The legal rights to kernel code of course belong to the kernel developers, who are actively working to undermine enforcement. That's not in question here; as frustrating as it is, this is their legal right.

The moral rights to the code, on the other hand, belong to every member of the public who, if the GPL were being properly enforced on the kernel, would have the right to obtain and use this code to enable them to use previously-unsupported hardware with Linux.

Rich Felker
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