On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 17:34 -0800, Bill Unruh wrote: > Well, I also think that is a mistake. A Write once would also be far > more > stable as far as Linux itself is concerned. If every time the kernel > changes you have to worry whether or not your driver is broken, it > makes > for highly unstable drivers, even if they are open source. > Furthermore, > Linux is a tool for most of us, not a religion.
It's not religion, it's the law. Drivers are part of the kernel so must be GPL. If you want closed source drivers they must not be part of the kernel, they have to run in userspace. Lee ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
