lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2004]   [Apr]   [29]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license
On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 06:24:58PM -0400, Marc Boucher wrote:
>
> The inherent instability of binary modules is a religious myth. Any
> module can be stable or unstable, depending on how it's written, tested
> and the environment (hardware/evolving APIs it depends on). For
> example, Apple's current Mac OS X is extremely stable imho, despite the
> fact that their hardware drivers are generally binary-only.
>
> The same goes for trustworthiness. It's a matter of point of view /
> preference whether you trust open-source projects and their security
> (which can be far from perfect, as evidenced by the recent break-ins in
> various servers hosting source repositories) more than stuff produced
> by a corporation. Every model has disadvantages and advantages.

You are missing the point. Badly. All software sucks, be it open-source
of proprietary. The only question is what can be done with particular
instance of suckage, and that's where having the source matters.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 14:02    [W:0.084 / U:1.524 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site