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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 16:22:29 +0530
From: "Anshuman Gholap" <anshu.pg@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [future of drivers?] a proposal for binary drivers.
Cc: "Al Viro" <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
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well ya, I knew i was running the risk to be labelled like that, cause
i thought to talk of this issue, more shake is needed that just stir.

please dont get me wrong (even though i think most of you already
have), i own my graditude for the livelihood i am having to
linux,linus and co.

this discussion is totally for betterment of the new users who should
not be forced to become developers in order to get a trival thing
running on their desktop/laptop, like device driver.

Now that i think of this, a more better person to speak on this would
be device manufacturer's themselves, is it the state_of_current linux
prohibiting them from developing drivers? do they hate oss so much?
would their mentality and willingness change if binary/mixed license
drivers were allowed to work with kernel.

if you can send this thread link to dlink or any other manufacturer, please do.

for now, i am going to shut my yapper.

Anshuman.

On 3/8/06, Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 03:05:11PM +0530, Anshuman Gholap wrote:
> > 1) The people who have control over linux kernel as of now are
> > countable on hands but cannot be held countable for work cause they do
> > it as hobby/"insert anything which says working for free", now for a
> > peice of code like linux kernel, such kind of aloofness regarding
> > manpower and kind_of nazism in not allowing others to dynamically
> > get_work_done (like binary driver) seems totally wrong.
>
> > This email is very raw and not polished at all
>
> Indeed - self-godwinated right in the opening salvo.  Tsk, tsk...  Trolls
> these days...
>
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