Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 17 Feb 2001 14:59:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 17 Feb 2001 14:58:31 -0500 Received: from et-gw.etinc.com ([207.252.1.2]:8461 "EHLO etinc.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 17 Feb 2001 14:58:15 -0500 Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20010217150612.0390d950@mail.etinc.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 15:08:48 -0500 To: rjd@xyzzy.clara.co.uk From: Dennis Subject: Re: Linux stifles innovation... Cc: jesse@cats-chateau.net, A.J.Scott@casdn.neu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200102170010.f1H0Aqa26773@xyzzy.clara.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20010216170349.01efc030@mail.etinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org At 07:10 PM 02/16/2001, rjd@xyzzy.clara.co.uk wrote: >Dennis wrote: >... > > objective, arent we? >Nope. Are you claiming to be? > > > For example, if there were six different companies that marketed ethernet > > drivers for the eepro100, you'd have a choice of which one to buy..perhaps >... Rant deleted > >I had a problem with eepro100. >It was fixed same night cause I had the source. >Don't even try to compare with MickyS**t. good commercial drivers dont need fixing. another point. You are arguing that having source is required to fix crappy code, which i agree with. You "guys" like to have source, and there is nothing wrong with that. But requiring that all code be distributed as source DOES stifle innovation. Its as simple as that. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/