Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:15:27 +0100
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From: Niklas Steinkamp <NiSteinkamp@web.de>
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Subject: RE: Binary Drivers
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David wrote: 
> 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?

I think he is right. The linux kernel is free software and there should be no closed source in it.
When Windows uses closed-source drivers, it doesn&#180;t matter, but the in the linux kernel should be only open-source.


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