We (who is we?) develop drivers? I think there is an expectation but we cannot guarantee that we will fulfill that expectation.
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > By no means - consider the hardware donations aimed at creating support > for the hardware. They give it to us on the condition that we use it > to develop drivers for it. It may be a foreign agenda, but it may also > be our own internal agenda. > > On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 05:50:17PM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > I would expect them at least to pretent that this is an altruistic act and > > agree to a no strings donation. We cannot allow a foreign agenda to > > control the organization. > > > > On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Ean R . Schuessler wrote: > > > > > I disagree. I don't think that it would be unusual or, for that matter, > > > unfair > > > for a donor to place some constraints on their donation. We must remember > > > that > > > many times these donations will not be of a purely altruistic nature. I > > > can > > > envision many situations where a donor may be giving something to us > > > because > > > they hope that we can do something for them. I think that this may be > > > especially true in the case of large donations.
