Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 29 Jul 2001 06:00:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 29 Jul 2001 06:00:18 -0400 Received: from weta.f00f.org ([203.167.249.89]:14726 "HELO weta.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 29 Jul 2001 06:00:05 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 22:00:41 +1200 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Richard Gooch Cc: Alan Cox , Jeff Garzik , Matthew Gardiner , "Philip R. Auld" , kernel Subject: Re: binary modules (was Re: ReiserFS / 2.4.6 / Data Corruption) Message-ID: <20010729220041.A3694@weta.f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <200107290705.f6T756j02316@mobilix.ras.ucalgary.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200107290705.f6T756j02316@mobilix.ras.ucalgary.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 03:05:06AM -0400, Richard Gooch wrote: Yeah, I'd rather see all source open. But that's an ideal world. In the meantime, many people want $$$. One of the great things about Linux is that it is open and allows different funding models. The success of Linux is due to the openness, not some cool technological feature. People all need to appreciate sometimes vendors cannot released open source drivers even if they wanted too. Sometimes vendors have the ability to released binary only drivers which are derived in part from source-code which they license --- but cannot share. This is also the case for various SCSI cards and such like, firmware is provided binary-only because the source for the firmware isn't something that can be distributed. --cw - 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/