Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265130AbUD3JcM (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 05:32:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265131AbUD3JcM (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 05:32:12 -0400 Received: from witte.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]:45192 "EHLO witte.sonytel.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265130AbUD3JcL (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 05:32:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:31:49 +0200 (MEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Marc Boucher cc: Sean Estabrooks , koke@sindominio.net, lkml - Kernel Mailing List , Paul Wagland , Rusty Russell , Rik van Riel , David Gibson , Linus Torvalds , Timothy Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license In-Reply-To: <3A39091E-9A4C-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> Message-ID: 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1386 Lines: 32 On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Marc Boucher wrote: > 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. While tainting is not merely a political scheme, but mainly a _practical_ one... Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds - 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/