Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751177AbVLLVUd (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:20:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751292AbVLLVUd (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:20:33 -0500 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:37042 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751177AbVLLVUc (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:20:32 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:20:26 -0800 (PST) From: "Randy.Dunlap" X-X-Sender: rddunlap@shark.he.net To: David Lang cc: Jesse Barnes , "Randy.Dunlap" , Benjamin LaHaise , Dirk Steuwer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Runs with Linux (tm) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1133779953.9356.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051207141720.GA533@kvack.org> <200512071022.35900.jesse.barnes@intel.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: 1610 Lines: 38 On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, David Lang wrote: > On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Jesse Barnes wrote: > > > Now, who's in a position to make this happen? Maybe Linux International? > > (I think Maddog mentioned something like this at a Kernel Summit a few > > years ago.) > > I don't remember tha name of the orginization, but the group that Linus > setup to enforce the trademark would be perfect for this. licensing a > 'runs with linux' sticker would be exactly the type of thing the trademark > is designed to protect. That's the Linux Mark Institute: http://www.linuxmark.org/ > I think it's obvious that anything with in-kernel drivers would qualify > (new versions of hardware may need driver updates before they could use > the sticker) and if Linus could define a suitable level of documentation > of the hardware I think that that should very quickly lead to an in-kernel > driver (and given hardware lead time it may be reasonable to allow the > sticker based on the release of documentation) > > I would not like to see it for external drivers, especially ones that work > only with specific kernels from specific distros. even if the source is > available, unless it can be merged into the kernel it's going to be a > ongoing problem (although the open-source-but-external driver code could > end up being deemed 'sufficiant documentation') > > David Lang -- ~Randy - 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/