Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265075AbUD3Foe (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 01:44:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265077AbUD3Foe (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 01:44:34 -0400 Received: from wirefire.bureaudepost.com ([66.38.187.209]:18579 "EHLO oasis.linuxant.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265075AbUD3Foc (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 01:44:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20040430004344.663acf90.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> <3A39091E-9A4C-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> <20040430004344.663acf90.seanlkml@rogers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <6FD0ADAF-9A69-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: koke@sindominio.net, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, riel@redhat.com, david@gibson.dropbear.id.au, torvalds@osdl.org, miller@techsource.com, paul@wagland.net From: Marc Boucher Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 01:44:24 -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: 1361 Lines: 33 On Apr 30, 2004, at 12:43 AM, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > > Dear Marc, > > Who decided that the goal was to become ubiquitous at any cost? How > are you so sure that removing the incentive/reward for hardware vendors > to release open source drivers is best for Linux in the long run? There are major chipset vendors out there who have managed to become market leaders while not providing any drivers for Linux. But other vendors are also still releasing new native linux drivers, despite the availability of our solutions (Intel's project for Centrino at ipw2100.sourceforge.net is a great example). This essentially proves that we are not removing the incentive to do proper native drivers, simply providing more options for 1) people who would otherwise be stuck or unable to use the full functionality of their machines under Linux right now, and 2) vendors who are not able to afford or justify the cost of developing native linux drivers due to the size of the current Linux desktop market. In general these vendors plan to one day produce native drivers, once the numbers make it possible. Marc - 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/