Tom Marchant wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:26:31 +0900, Timothy Sipples
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
... Most X86-based
Linux distributions include closed source device drivers.
Really? Sounds like FUD to me. My experience with Linux is
limited, but I've beeen running Fedora Core for about a year and
I know that it's distribution is entirely open source. I'm pretty
sure Red Hat is also, as well as Debian, Ubuntu, Slackware,
Knoppix, Gentoo and others. Which distributions do you know that
"Include closed source drivers?"
This line of discussion is tangential at best. Open source is *not* a
requirement for conformance of any operating system or application
component to open standards. For example, the use of TCP/IP networking
is considered "open". There is no requirement that the source code for
the TCP/IP stack itself be made available.
This paper may be of interest: http://www.csrstds.com/openstds.html.
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