[Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] GPL defense issues

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Sat Aug 27 23:35:21 UTC 2016


On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 04:13:25PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Quite frankly, after having watched a few videos of Bradley talking
> about what he does and _why_ he does it, I really would never want to
> have him or the SFC represent Linux in court. Ever. Not unless they
> make it very clear that their agenda has changed.

So the thing I think you're missing here, is your own agument
about enlightened "self interest".

Yes, Bradley and Conservancy have an agenda. They represent
us (Samba) when that agenda and self interest *align with
ours*. When they don't, nothing happens (remember they only
act on our behalf).

It's just like development - they want one legal thing, you
want another. Only when the two align do you work together.

So far it's worked very well (just like Linux :-).


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