Its not a bad idea to have a byte-compiled c code an rpm to distribute it, and some magical way to compile it on rpm -i. I could see that coming in really handy for closed source kernel modules that can't distribute there code due to some NDA somewhere but can't possibly maintain a version for every kernel out there. But if you ask gcc developers to add an easy source hiding byte-compile only way to hide code, i would guess there answer would be, just distribute the source code, and don't use closed source drivers.
Now why doesn't someone like redhat or IBM do it? They probably should. Eli On 9/30/05, Little, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't speak for other organizations, but beyond SLES, we have very very > little open source or gpl products in house. Linux supports Oracle. > Proprietary. Backups are dones using TSM. Proprietary. Webfocus. > Proprietary. DB2 Connect. Proprietary. > > chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gregg C Levine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:14 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: ELF Binaries and Linux on z/Series > > > > Hello from Gregg C Levine > > How do you figure? Besides, isn't closed source some what > > anathema to Linux by now? Even the majority of > > special-purpose IBM written modules aren't OCO by now. I mean > > other then the one for the tape drives. > > > > Yes, Alan I know I did it again, feel free to complain. Just > > don't do it on the list. > > ---- > > Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > > "Remember the Force will be with you. Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of > > > Little, Chris > > > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:52 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] ELF Binaries and Linux on z/Series > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Eli Criffield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 8:44 AM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: ELF Binaries and Linux on z/Series > > > > > > > > If you must have a program that will run anyway use an > > interpreted > > > > language, python, perl, php, etc.... you can even byte > > compile it if > > > > you must hide the source (at least in python probably others too) > > > > > > > > Byte compiling a c program would only have the advantage > > of hiding > > > > the source, it would still have to be finally compiled to run on > > > > your architecture. And in the world of Linux and the FSF > > there's not > > > > much incentive to come up with a way for people to make > > there closed > > > > source programs easier to distribute. > > > > > > > > > > > > > RPM? > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > > instructions, send > > > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > > LINUX- 390 or > > > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > > instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > > message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
