Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Apr 2004 02:13:05 -0400 | From | Sean Estabrooks <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license |
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On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 01:44:24 -0400 Marc Boucher <marc@linuxant.com> wrote:
> There are major chipset vendors out there who have managed to become > market leaders while not providing any drivers for Linux. > > But other vendors are also still releasing new native linux drivers, > despite the availability of our solutions (Intel's project for Centrino > > This essentially proves that we are not removing the incentive to do > proper native drivers, simply providing more options for 1) people who > would otherwise be stuck or unable to use the full functionality of > their machines under Linux right now, and 2) vendors who are not able > to afford or justify the cost of developing native linux drivers due to > the size of the current Linux desktop market. In general these vendors > plan to one day produce native drivers, once the numbers make it > possible.
That's not how you pitch it on your website. For instance, how many sales does Intel's Centrino project lose because you make non GPL-friendly hardware viable under Linux? Anyway, no matter how sure you are of your position, it doesn't justify what you did.
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