Re: Device Tree Blob (DTB) licence

[One Thousand Gnomes]

> facts in a dts file. The GPLâd files arenât stopping anybody from creating
> proprietary software. People that really care will rewrite the files
> from scratch anyway. People that donât care.. well, one need look
> no further than the difficulty of getting source code to different SoC
> support packages for the kernel in the Android world to see how
> much some people care about GPL compliance and how much
> it really stops them from doing what they want.

And at how many large companies follow the GPL and do provide sources,
none of whom would probably have bothered otherwise....

Mostly effective is better than not trying in the first place.

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