Matthew - I'm really tired of you ascribing motive to me that I don't have. I've told you on this thread, and on LWN.net what my motives are. You have chosen to ignore me. Your characterization of the text on the wiki page in the article is just plain wrong. It does NOT say that the purpose of this project is to avoid license compliance for the kernel, yet you have repeated this assertion many times. I have not modified the wording on the wiki page, although I just added some FAQ entries to address issues raised by you and others in the LWN.net thread. You can re-read it if you need to. I encourage you to do so.
I have the same problem here that Rob has. Are you saying I'm lying about my motive? How could you possibly know my intent? On LWN.net you lay out the logic for your belief that I want to do this because of the kernel. It's a nice bit of logic, but that's not what went through my mind when I made the decision to pursue this. My reasons for pursing this project are on the wiki page. I have ensured that Sony is compliant with it's kernel source release obligations for the last 8 years, and frankly its offensive for you to suggest that I'm trying to avoid my GPL obligations.
Also, I'm doing this, not as a Sony employee (although they pay for my time), and especially not with any kind of directive from Sony. No one else at Sony told me to do this, and only a scant few people know I'm involved.
I'm doing this because it pains me to see this legal issue disrupt the adoption of Linux in embedded systems. I believe the busybox litigation has had a net negative effect on the adoption of GPL software. Apparently you believe otherwise. Reasonable people seeing different examples of the effects on different companies, can disagree on this point.
You have your method of encouraging Linux adoption and GPL compliance, and I have mine. I see you don't agree with mine, but please don't question my motives.
Re: please do your homework first
I have the same problem here that Rob has. Are you saying I'm lying about my motive? How could you possibly know my intent? On LWN.net you lay out the logic for your belief that I want to do this because of the kernel. It's a nice bit of logic, but that's not what went through my mind when I made the decision to pursue this. My reasons for pursing this project are on the wiki page. I have ensured that Sony is compliant with it's kernel source release obligations for the last 8 years, and frankly its offensive for you to suggest that I'm trying to avoid my GPL obligations.
Also, I'm doing this, not as a Sony employee (although they pay for my time), and especially not with any kind of directive from Sony. No one else at Sony told me to do this, and only a scant few people know I'm involved.
I'm doing this because it pains me to see this legal issue disrupt the adoption of Linux in embedded systems. I believe the busybox litigation has had a net negative effect on the adoption of GPL software. Apparently you believe otherwise. Reasonable people seeing different examples of the effects on different companies, can disagree on this point.
You have your method of encouraging Linux adoption and GPL compliance, and I have mine. I see you don't agree with mine, but please don't question my motives.