Linux loses the Philips webcam driver
The driver, being licensed under the GPL, could be retained regardless of the author's wishes, but USB maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman has not taken that approach. Linus supports this decision: "I'd love to let people just continue using it. But the fact is, at least from my standpoint, I'd really hope that anything I had written would be used in ways I asked people to - regardless of license. Now, I don't usually get into hissy fits, but the point stands, and the golden rule is: do unto others as you would have them do unto you."