Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Jan 1999 12:43:30 -0500 | From | Richard Stallman <> | Subject | Re: linux-kernel-digest V1 #3074 |
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>When such an important piece of free software as Linux contains ads >for proprietary software, it gives the whole community an unfortunate >message--not the sort of message will inspire people to write >additional free drivers.
On the contrary. Its *exactly* the fact that there wasn't a good *free* driver for the Turtle Beach WaveFront soundcards that made me write one.
I'm glad that you responded in that way, but I don't think there's a conflict with what I said. We don't *need* to tell all the users about a non-free program, to make it clear to hackers that there isn't a free program to do the job.
If some hackers will get inspiration from the knowledge that a proprietary driver exists, it is enough to tell the hackers--perhaps by sending mail to linux-kernel. There's no need to tell all the users about it, and certainly no need to tell them where to get it!
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