Messages in this thread | | | From | "Khimenko Victor" <> | Date | Sun, 20 Sep 1998 00:20:06 +0400 (MSD) | Subject | Re: UDI issues |
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19-Sep-98 09:10 you wrote: > In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.980918234137.539A-100000@fire.fireplace>, Gerhard > Mac > k writes: > +----- > | This isn't us vs the other Unix people. > | This isn't us vs the harware maufacturers. > | This is us vs Microsoft... +--->>8
> For now.
> Linux is an ally of convenience for the Unix vendors, who also want to see > M$ go away. But if M$ is removed from the picture, suddenly it's a > free(-speech) *ix vs. closed, proprietary Unix and our UDI "allies" become > enemies. In fact, the article about UDI says as much: the proprietary > folks want us to do the legwork for them in creating drivers, then they will > add their own closed-source changes. (Read it.)
This only means that all drivers must be distributed under GPL or LGPL. This way all changes to drivers must be released free :-))
> If we do become involved with UDI, we must do so in a way that doesn't leave > us defenseless. That doesn't mean we must stay away from UDI, but it does > mean that going all-out for it without some thought for our own goals *will* > cause problems for us later.
You. To defend us we must NOT use X-style license. That's all...
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