Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:55:37 -0800 | From | "v j" <> | Subject | Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers |
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On 2/14/07, Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> wrote: > > Not everybody has to be a contributor. The reason Linux is popular is > > because of its openness. Take that away and see where it goes. > > So tell us? where does it go? > > You seem to have the experience already. You took an open linux, > added some closed drivers and so made it closed. So you yourself (or > your company) have taken that (the openness) away - where did the > result go? > > I'm guessing it went into a dead-end or you wouldn't be here talking to > us now.
If adding closed drivers to Linux is illegal, I am perfectly fine with that. Just say so. I am not at a dead-end yet, until you make that statement. Once you make that statement, then all bets are off. I am betting that most companies will not even consider Linux as an alternative in the embedded space if this were the case. - 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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