Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:40:57 +0100
From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: Marc Boucher <marc@linuxant.com>
Cc: koke@sindominio.net, Paul Wagland <paul@wagland.net>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
       Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
       David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>,
       Timothy Miller <miller@techsource.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license
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On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 06:24:58PM -0400, Marc Boucher wrote:
> 
> The inherent instability of binary modules is a religious myth. Any 
> module can be stable or unstable, depending on how it's written, tested 
> and the environment (hardware/evolving APIs it depends on). For 
> example, Apple's current Mac OS X is extremely stable imho, despite the 
> fact that their hardware drivers are generally binary-only.
> 
> The same goes for trustworthiness. It's a matter of point of view / 
> preference whether you trust open-source projects and their security 
> (which can be far from perfect, as evidenced by the recent break-ins in 
> various servers hosting source repositories) more than stuff produced 
> by a corporation. Every model has disadvantages and advantages. 

You are missing the point.  Badly.  All software sucks, be it open-source
of proprietary.  The only question is what can be done with particular
instance of suckage, and that's where having the source matters.
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