jdd schrieb:
Azerion wrote:
Samsung, IBM and Others are allready preparing themselves for the new strategy of the kernel-developers. So don't complain before it all finished ;-)
If what you say is that the kernel devs action minds that most important hardware vendors decided to cope with open source standards, this a very good news... but is that true? may be Linux has get so strong it can begins to rule...
With regard to the newest Intel wireless drivers, I doubt this. It is stated there (I can't judge, if it's true or not), that closed source modules are necessary to fulfill FCC rules. In a post on this list here, a Novell employee stated, that legal support for DVD playback can be achieved only by closed source drivers as the DVD commitee demands, that the driver doesn't allow any circumvention of the Macrovision mechanism. So there is the real world and the kernel world. Who do you think will change its rules to fulfill the need of the users, who just want to use their systems? Multi billion dollar business or GPL (and even worse kernel policy) zeal^wsupporters? I don't dare to bet on any side. The kernel devs have all rights to fight for their principles, they just shouldn't claim, that they are caring for the freedom of their users, when they just care about freedom of their software and with regard to stable driver APIs their freedom to change kernel interfaces with every minor version. Ciao Siegbert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
