On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 23:23 +0100, Marek Peteraj wrote: > On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 21:02, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 05:56:03PM +0100, Esben Stien wrote: > > > Alfons Adriaensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > For the same reasons, there would be no need to upgrade your Linux > > > > version, and you don't need driver updates. The current closed-source > > > > driver will still work in 5 years. > > > > > > Now, you're twisting everything to fit a twisted view. Software is > > > changed much more often than hardware. > > > > Yes. And you can't expect a manufacturer of a e.g. soundcard to update > > all drivers each time you or any other customer decide to upgrade his > > system. If *you* modify your system and thereby make an existing driver > > useless, then it's up to *you* to find a solution, > > which in case of an opensource driver would be to change a code here and > there to make it work... > > > maybe by providing a > > compatibility interface in your new system. You can't expect others to > > pay for the consequences of your decisions. A manufacturer will adapt > > to a new system if that is in his interest, otherwise not. > > Paul, Jan, Fons, and others. I believe that you should switch your > software to proprietary and make a living out of it. Because in that > case your reasoning would be perfectly valid. > > Marek
Marek! Come on.. I'm sure you're trying to prove some point, but nothing good can possibly come from suggesting people switch their projects over to a proprietary licensing scheme. I, for one, greatly appreciate the contributions of the above to the world of free audio software - regardless of what opinions they may (or may not) have about proprietary hardware drivers in Linux. There is exactly one way to further the advancement of Free Software - write it. A line of code is worth a million words. -DR-
