Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264786AbUD3CP3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:15:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265039AbUD3CP3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:15:29 -0400 Received: from wirefire.bureaudepost.com ([66.38.187.209]:13201 "EHLO oasis.linuxant.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264786AbUD3CPZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:15:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20040429195553.4fba0da7.seanlkml@rogers.com> References: <4FE43C97-9A20-11D8-B804-000A95CD704C@wagland.net> <4091757B.3090209@techsource.com> <200404292347.17431.koke_lkml@amedias.org> <0CAE0144-9A2C-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> <20040429195553.4fba0da7.seanlkml@rogers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <3A39091E-9A4C-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: koke@sindominio.net, lkml - Kernel Mailing List , Paul Wagland , Rusty Russell , Rik van Riel , David Gibson , Linus Torvalds , Timothy Miller From: Marc Boucher Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:15:19 -0400 To: Sean Estabrooks X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1806 Lines: 44 Dear Sean, On Apr 29, 2004, at 7:55 PM, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > > Perhaps others on this list are getting as tired as I am of your using > the term "religious bias" as a negative connotation against people who > support and protect the open source nature of Linux. Maybe you could > at least pretend to respect the people who you supposedly apologized > to. I not only highly respect Rusty but have closely worked and been friends with him for several years. The same applies to several other kernel developers. Please don't get me wrong. We are entirely for the open-source nature of Linux, and I have been personally contributing for the last 15 years to many open-source projects (for examples, see the AUTHORS section of "man iptables", or search google for my previous email addresses marc@mbsi.ca & marc@cam.org to get more historical background). However we also believe that pragmatically bringing in support for key hardware (which currently cannot otherwise be easily handled in the traditional open-source approach) will benefit Linux, help it gain even more usefulness/acceptance, and make larger numbers of exposed people realize the natural advantages of open-source, then become contributors. On the other hand, forcing open-source down throats with impractical "tainting" schemes, scare tactics or other coercive methods may achieve the opposite effect or turn Linux into just an ideological/political movement rather than the ubiquitous operating system it deserves to be. Sincerely Marc -- Marc Boucher Linuxant inc. - 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/