Re: Request for information regarding Linux driver

Michael Bender wrote:
> Peter Stuge wrote:
>
>   
>> However, I still don't see why ceasing the illegal distribution
>> should be postponed until the next production version and not
>>     
>  > just done today, for all past and current versions using libusb.
>  > (That is, after all, what the license says.)
>
> I think that "ceasing illegal distribution today" is a lot easier
> when you're just one guy in your bedroom cranking out code for fun.
> When you work for an organization that has any semblance of code
> control, QA and release engineering processes, you can't just turn
> on a dime and put up new code willy-nilly.
>   
> Besides, the folks at Touch-Base have been told of the license
> issue, and it seems to me that they have responded that they
> understand the issue and are working to make it right in their
> upcoming release. What harm is there really to leaving their
> existing code out there for a few weeks until their updated code
> is ready for production? I mean, other than bothering a few wonks
> that have nothing better to do than to self-gratify themselves
> while pouring over the finer points of the GPL that is.
>   
And remember this is the libusb project, not the glib sob project.

Paul

> mike
>
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