Kernel developers' position on GPLv3
Kernel developers' position on GPLv3
Posted Sep 23, 2006 6:08 UTC (Sat) by dmantione (guest, #4640)In reply to: Kernel developers' position on GPLv3 by sepreece
Parent article: Kernel developers' position on GPLv3
The devices will exist, sure. However, development costs of those devices
will be higher than development costs of open source devices. Capitalism
is what makes free software devices exist, you get a high quality OS for
free.
If manufacturers have a cost advantage if they stay DRM free, there will
be DRM free devices. So, lets implement the GPLv3.
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