On 18/12/06, Hannu Savolainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Marek Wawrzyczny wrote: > Dear Linux Kernel ML, > > I am writing as a Linux-only user of over 2 years to express my concern with > the recent proposal to block out closed source modules from the kernel. > > While, I understand and share your sentiments over open source software and > drivers. I fear however, that trying to steamroll the industry into > developing open source drivers by banning closed source drivers is going to > have a completely different result. They will simply abandon Linux support > for some of their products altogether. > As a developer of some "closed source" drivers I can confirm that this is exactly the case. I would never consider open sourcing my work just because somebody is pointing pistol to my neck. I would leave the whole IT business and start doing something else rather than accept this kind of mafia-like negotiation methods.
Why is this dead horse still kicking? Linus already spoke on this issue ( http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/13/370 , http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/14/218 ) and Greg KH already withdrew his patch ( http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/14/63 ), so could we please just let this dead horse rest in peace? -- Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html - 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/
