Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:34:25 +0100 (MET)
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
To: Ben Collins <ben.collins@ubuntu.com>
cc: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@mbligh.org>, 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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>You know what I think hurts us more than anything? You know what
>probably keeps companies from writing drivers or releasing specs? It's
>because they know some non-paid kernel hackers out there will eventually
>reverse engineer it and write the drivers for them. Free development,
>and they didn't even have to release their precious specs.

I don't get them either. If reverse-engineering will release their
precious trade secrets they wanted to protect by making the thing
closed, they could have just asked someone to write a linux driver
for free if they don't have the guts to actually pay
qualified/experienced developers.


	-`J'
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