Agreed........ (despite what I said earlier.....)
Is there some way to deal better here with the off
posts than there was on the damned newsgroup before it
became a trading ground for illegal Italian game
emulators?
Drew Northup, N1XIM
--- "Jeffrey B. Siegal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This has already been discussed here. I am opposed
> to the petition as written
> because it gives manufactureres the option of
> producing a binary driver if
> they consider the specs to be confidential. IMO,
> having binary drivers is
> worse than no driver at all because it reduces the
> need for a maintainable
> source driver. The spread of binary drivers in
> Linux will lead to a dramatic
> reduction in quality and stability. Manufacturers
> should understand that the
> Linux community expects source code for all critical
> code, especially kernel
> code, such as device drivers.
>
> Others may disagree, but be aware of what you are
> signing.
> ----
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hi all!
> > this mail was sent to the gnome-list by someone:
> >
> > Sorry this is off topic. But here is a site trying
> to petition hardware
> > manufacturers to release specs to the Linux
> community so we can write
> > our own drivers. please sign.
> >
> > http://www.libranet.com/petition.html
> >
> > bye
>
>
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