Who has the rights to claim GPL copyright infringement of linux ??

[Craig Whitmore]

On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 00:27 -0400, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> On 08/10/2009 11:50 PM, Craig Whitmore wrote:
> > This is my code I could find in this kernel which is very identifable.
> > 
> > /* reported working by "Craig Whitmore <lennon at igrin.co.nz> */
> > /*4*/   { "Quadrant Buster",
> >           3, 3, T, F, T, T, 0x7F, 0x80, { SVHS(1), TUNER(2), 3 }, { 1,
> > 2, 3 } },
> > 
> > I supplied that information for that card to work (and it did work) so I
> > guess I can "sue them" them for using the kernel on their box without
> > following copyright (the GPL kernel)
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, this ought to be considered as a non copyrightable
> triviality.
> 


Maybe but it was my knowledge on how this card worked which came up the
settings for this card which was included in this version of kernel
which is licenced under the GPL Kernel. 

Someone else is using my ideas/knowledge without following the rules of
the use of the linux kernel.

Thanks