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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:10:55 +0100
From: "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
To: "Hannu Savolainen" <hannu@opensound.com>
Subject: Re: Open letter to Linux kernel developers (was Re: Binary Drivers)
Cc: "Marek Wawrzyczny" <marekw1977@yahoo.com.au>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       torvalds@osdl.org, greg@kroah.com
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On 18/12/06, Hannu Savolainen <hannu@opensound.com> wrote:
> Marek Wawrzyczny wrote:
> > Dear Linux Kernel ML,
> >
> > I am writing as a Linux-only user of over 2 years to express my concern with
> > the recent proposal to block out closed source modules from the kernel.
> >
> > While, I understand and share your sentiments over open source software and
> > drivers. I fear however, that trying to steamroll the industry into
> > developing open source drivers by banning closed source drivers is going to
> > have a completely different result. They will simply abandon Linux support
> > for some of their products altogether.
> >
> As a developer of some "closed source" drivers I can confirm that this
> is exactly the case. I would never consider open sourcing my work just
> because somebody is pointing pistol to my neck. I would leave the whole
> IT business and start doing something else rather than accept this kind
> of mafia-like negotiation methods.
>

Why is this dead horse still kicking?
Linus already spoke on this issue (
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/13/370 ,
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/14/218 ) and Greg KH already withdrew his
patch ( http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/14/63 ), so could we please just
let this dead horse rest in peace?

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