Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964877AbWLTE13 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:27:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964871AbWLTE13 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:27:29 -0500 Received: from ms-smtp-03.nyroc.rr.com ([24.24.2.57]:46205 "EHLO ms-smtp-03.nyroc.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964878AbWLTE11 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:27:27 -0500 Subject: RE: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] From: Steven Rostedt To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: David Schwartz , "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:27:23 -0500 Message-Id: <1166588843.17734.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1244 Lines: 31 On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 11:11 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, David Schwartz wrote: > > That makes it clear that it's not about giving us the fruits of years of > > your own work but that it's about enabling us to do our own work. (I would > > have no objection to also requiring them to provide a minimal open-source > > driver. I'm not trying to work out the exact terms here, just get the idea > > out.) > > Since `works with' may sound a bit too vague, something like > `LinuxFriendly(tm)', with a happy penguin logo? > I've bought a couple of products lately that had the happy penguin logo on it. Just to find out that they only applied a bare minimum functionality of the device for Linux. If you want more, you need to plug it into a Windows box. Funny, if you own a Mac, it had the same problem. It had a little more functionality than the Linux port, but still far from what they give for Windows. I like the Open Hardware thing that Paolo mentioned. -- Steve - 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/