Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Qlogic/FC firmware | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 22 Aug 2001 15:12:24 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Ricky" == Ricky Beam <jfbeam@bluetopia.net> writes:
Ricky> On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Alan Cox wrote: >> At the time a) I didnt realise the sparc setup was so anal, and b) >> I didnt know about the firmware update.
Ricky> So basically, you had no fucking clue what kind of instability Ricky> you were about to introduce into the current "stable" line of Ricky> kernels, but did it anyway simply because of the wording (and Ricky> your interpretation thereof) of the license on a firmware Ricky> "data" file. Wording that has been unchanged since the day the Ricky> file was entered into the tree. If there were objections, Ricky> questions, or other concerns, they should have been raised then Ricky> and not months or years later. And there should have been at Ricky> least some discussion before removing the file and seeing who Ricky> notices. (If I missed this discussion, then I apologize.)
Wording as interpreted by lawyers and anybody who is capable of reading English.
As to your argument about raising the concerns when the thing went in. We (as in the kernel developers) made a mistake, we noticed it we fix it ... see it's really that simple.
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