Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Dec 1999 05:15:56 -0500 (EST) | From | Stephen Frost <> | Subject | Re: Linux headed for disaster? |
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On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Kendall Bennett wrote:
> > > Actually this is not the case. I will be building mechanisms to > > > support binary loadble drivers for our products into the Linux > > > kernels, and making those available as patches. I truly believe such > > > > > However I am upset by the notion that the GPL nature of the Linux > > > kernel source can and is being used to force hardware vendors to > > > release Open Sourcce drivers because they have no other option. Not > > > > You appear to have taken to contradicting yourself within emails now as well > > as between them. > > Sorry, but the above is not a contradition. In the first paragraph I > am talking about changes we would make to the kernel so that our > *software* product can work better. We would not be dependent on > anyone else to build or certify this product, since it is purely > software. > > In the second paragraph I am talking about the fact that a *hardware* > vendor who wishes to support Linux has no option but to be forced > into release sources to their drivers. Hardware vendors can't go > around building their own Linux distributions, because they need > their hardware and drivers to work with all Linux distributions, and > the *only* way to do that is to get the sources into the Linux kernel. > > I fail to see why you can't make the above distinction?
No... In the first paragraph you talk about how you are intending to build a system whereby you will be able to have binary-only drivers for your hardware. In the second paragraph you claim that isn't possible.
Stephen
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