Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932709AbWLNNHU (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:07:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932712AbWLNNHU (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:07:20 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:43274 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932709AbWLNNHS (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:07:18 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:07:04 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: "Martin J. Bligh" Cc: Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , Jonathan Corbet , Andrew Morton , "Michael K. Edwards" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] Message-ID: <20061214130704.GB17565@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , "Martin J. Bligh" , Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , Jonathan Corbet , Andrew Morton , "Michael K. Edwards" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20061214003246.GA12162@suse.de> <22299.1166057009@lwn.net> <20061214005532.GA12790@suse.de> <4580E37F.8000305@mbligh.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4580E37F.8000305@mbligh.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 946 Lines: 23 On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 09:39:11PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > The Ubuntu feisty fawn mess was a dangerous warning bell of where we're > going. If we don't stand up at some point, and ban binary drivers, we > will, I fear, end up with an unsustainable ecosystem for Linux when > binary drivers become pervasive. I don't want to see Linux destroyed > like that. Thing is, if kernel.org kernels get patched to disallow binary modules, whats to stop Ubuntu (or anyone else) reverting that change in the kernels they distribute ? The landscape doesn't really change much, given that the majority of Linux end-users are probably running distro kernels. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/