On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 08:07:04AM -0500, Dave Jones wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 09:39:11PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > > > The Ubuntu feisty fawn mess was a dangerous warning bell of where we're > > going. If we don't stand up at some point, and ban binary drivers, we > > will, I fear, end up with an unsustainable ecosystem for Linux when > > binary drivers become pervasive. I don't want to see Linux destroyed > > like that. > > Thing is, if kernel.org kernels get patched to disallow binary modules, > whats to stop Ubuntu (or anyone else) reverting that change in the > kernels they distribute ? The landscape doesn't really change much, > given that the majority of Linux end-users are probably running > distro kernels.
If a kernel developer or a competitor sends a cease&desist letter to such a distribution, the situation changes from a complicated "derived work" discussion to a relatively clear "They circumvented a technical measure to enforce the copyright.". > Dave cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/