Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 17 Feb 2001 15:41:45 -0500 | From | Gregory Maxwell <> | Subject | Re: Linux stifles innovation... |
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On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 03:08:48PM -0500, Dennis wrote: > good commercial drivers dont need fixing. another point. You are arguing > that having source is required to fix crappy code, which i agree with.
Too bad we havn't seen much (any?) good closed-source (what you ment to say when you said commercial above) drivers for Linux, including the steaming pile of garbage your company ships.
> You "guys" like to have source, and there is nothing wrong with that. But > requiring that all code be distributed as source DOES stifle innovation. > Its as simple as that.
Like Microsoft you seem to confuse 'innovation' with 'being able to dictate the terms of how I will extort money from others'. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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