Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Sun Sep 02 2007 - 07:41:04 EST



On Sep 1 2007 18:36, Theo de Raadt wrote:
>
>When companies have taken our wireless device drivers, many many of
>them have given changes and fixes back. Some maybe didn't, but that
>is OK.

For companies it's ok, but for linux people it is not?

(1) You do not know how much of the modifications companies did
are actually returned

(2) You do not know whether the ath5k linux part authors will
give back at a later point (much like companies)

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