Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:32:20 +1000 | From | Peter Williams <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license |
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Friday 30 of April 2004 04:15, Marc Boucher wrote: > >>Dear Sean, >> >>On Apr 29, 2004, at 7:55 PM, Sean Estabrooks wrote: >> >>>Perhaps others on this list are getting as tired as I am of your using >>>the term "religious bias" as a negative connotation against people who >>>support and protect the open source nature of Linux. Maybe you could >>>at least pretend to respect the people who you supposedly apologized >>>to. >> >>I not only highly respect Rusty but have closely worked and been >>friends with him for several years. The same applies to several other >>kernel developers. >> >>Please don't get me wrong. We are entirely for the open-source nature >>of Linux, and I have been personally contributing for the last 15 years >>to many open-source projects (for examples, see the AUTHORS section of >>"man iptables", or search google for my previous email addresses >>marc@mbsi.ca & marc@cam.org to get more historical background). > > > Well, people change over time. 8) > > from http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/ > > "DriverLoader technology is the ideal Linux solution to support devices for > which no adequate native open-source drivers are available. It also allows > vendors to drastically reduce time to market or eliminate the need to support > multiple drivers for Windows and Linux. By using the same driver on both > platforms, significant resources can be saved." > > Rusty was right.
Why did you omit the next paragraph (which completes the story):
"We have attempted to reduce the inconvenience of binary-only drivers by separating the proprietary code from the operating-system specific code. The latter is provided in source form, allowing users to install the drivers under any supported version (2.4 or later) of the Linux kernel."
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