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SubjectRe: Stop the Linux kernel madness
On Tue, 2004-06-22 18:32:15 +0100, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
wrote in message <20040622173215.GA6300@infradead.org>:
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 05:12:36PM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > Just merge the vmware modules upstream. Then, such breakage will be
> > detected early and probably fixed without putting a lot of work into it
> > (from your point of view).
>
> a) vmware modules themselves aren't under a free license

That can be changed.

> b) even if they were there's not really much interest in modules that can't
> work with non-free userspace

...as well as this issue. They'd get some (limited but sufficient) free
maintainence for their software back. See? No technical issues 8^P The
very same could be said about 4Front's OSS drivers.

MfG, JBG

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