From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93749305 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2016 18:35:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pokefinder.org (sauhun.de [89.238.76.85]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0EBC1D2 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2016 18:35:57 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:35:50 +0200 From: Wolfram Sang To: Linus Torvalds Message-ID: <20160827183550.GB1601@katana> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NDin8bjvE/0mNLFQ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: "Bradley M. Kuhn" , ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] GPL defense issues List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --NDin8bjvE/0mNLFQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Greg, Linus, Putting all the enforcement issues aside, there is one sentence that struck me: > > And corporations are a _huge_ part of our community, and frankly, > > the only reason we are where we are today. I don't question the first part of the sentence, but I disagree to 'the only reason' in the second part. The reason where we are today is the result of _all people_ contributing to Linux. I think our community is a lively mixture of particitpants hacking because of commercial, technical, enthusiastic, ideological and what not reasons. The beauty (and the challenge) is all of us working together. IMO this is one very important part which attracts some of the special talent which makes our community awesome. For me, it surely did. And that talent usually can't be attracted by, say, large investments or similar (which admittedly attracts other special talent and is OK, too). So, I don't think it is fair to give credits "where we are today" _only_ to the commercial side. And I have a hard time believing this view is fundamentally different from yours? Wolfram --NDin8bjvE/0mNLFQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJXwd2GAAoJEBQN5MwUoCm2frQP/1IPKpGPcRZSJD1jjZBjl6PS yXKK2Ji3BEfbHIVhxP4wYmbvFmjduGuvpGmc3/HdefkDyCTfsF9YvJBByJbxvny/ D/G/OQNqQ42LErxOikWHK/VgZLXA9Bnm2o5B1JSLd73g7/0IHKhCborbxdpp0DLc YeGXmh/ClsWfpyAE17lrVsPpjnzudNZCqFQxY9AriEEmxD+TWKk2PxAnK5w7+oCF 7GpYZO1JYyds3Jkh5KP8Ka8R9UBMRnsLqG3Uxe1Awf1Qflc3t1qlSKUvXU6h4IIk rOMl57U37KcBAt5cd59vWvi6yXgpyFyTLRtAnnV2zPfbwO4yG6KY7iqNezbzUN++ wNSmhKSweJ3CdI/+GjBSx+i0iEn6wVWorSAhTPOebEeJQk9RNmEke1YY48k/AwH7 V2eoAbfRyKTp0CAwTufbS/OvOlRmqqq8hHVIXb8PoC0bVd4c5vhX6p29eqFogp0h nqeIKev9jPfAHY1tO239IlHJJncq8avtHA8WCJzEl6wT6eXR1GB2OJYjhC6/NVBg LCh3yGVr/ZnaWO/sJaleN8lp6N9KzKxhPJJJzdjIEUtUFvR1Jeb4wdtUARiSYlWo 8oOPFCXJeHxdvb0TCKx/tvmMKx4IwRt14bowzQjexyDuPZ+75FOWPwvhgRDVjhFR c8Y34kNeUi6SrayXdpZb =dCDK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NDin8bjvE/0mNLFQ--