Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:03:10 -0500 (EST)
From: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
To: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@mbligh.org>
cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>,
       Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
       "Michael K. Edwards" <medwards.linux@gmail.com>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches
 for 2.6.19]
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Martin J. Bligh wrote:

> The point of banning binary drivers would be to leverage hardware
> companies into either releasing open source drivers, or the specs for
> someone else to write them.

IMHO, it's up to the users to decide if they want to keep buying hardware 
which leads to inferior support, less reliability, decreased security and 
all of the other ills associated with binary drivers.  Let them also 
choose distributions which enact the binary driver policies they agree 
with.

Linux is precisely not about forcing people to do things.


- James
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James Morris
<jmorris@namei.org>
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