Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423098AbWLUU7S (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:59:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423105AbWLUU7S (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:59:18 -0500 Received: from warden-p.diginsite.com ([208.29.163.248]:62154 "HELO warden.diginsite.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1423099AbWLUU7R (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:59:17 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:58:52 -0800 (PST) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com To: David Schwartz cc: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: RE: Binary Drivers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1307 Lines: 29 On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, David Schwartz wrote: >> You say "It's rude to not play by our rules". They say "It's rude of >> you to expect us to change our business model to support your niche >> market differently from the way we support everyone else." Neither is >> wrong... > > Honestly, I think it *is* wrong to sell someone a physical product and then > not tell them how to make it work. If you're not actually selling them the > physical product but selling them a way to get a particular thing done, then > don't represent that you're selling them physical product because that would > presumably include the right to use it any way they wanted provided it was > lawful. > > How would you feel if you bought a car and then discovered that the > manufacturer had welded the hood shut? How many people still do their own > oil changes anyway? there are cars out there where the owner cannot change or add transmission fluid (I had a rental car spring a leak and found this out the hard way) some people like this, some don't. vote with your money David Lang - 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/