Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423149AbWLVAiW (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:38:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423150AbWLVAiW (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:38:22 -0500 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:47000 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423149AbWLVAiV (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:38:21 -0500 Message-Id: <200612220038.kBM0cKbx004098@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: Scott Preece Cc: davids@webmaster.com, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: Binary Drivers In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:12:57 CST." <7b69d1470612211412n6afbb9d6m523fdff1ce39bbc3@mail.gmail.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <7b69d1470612210833k79c93617nba96dbc717113723@mail.gmail.com> <7b69d1470612211412n6afbb9d6m523fdff1ce39bbc3@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1166747899_12674P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:38:20 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1615 Lines: 51 --==_Exmh_1166747899_12674P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:12:57 CST, Scott Preece said: > On 12/21/06, David Schwartz wrote: > > 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? > --- >=20 > But there is no legal or moral obligation for the carmake to sell you > the service manual for the vehicle or provide you with their periodic > service bulletins... As a matter of fact, at least in the US, the carmakers *do* have to suppl= y relevant information for emissions-control systems to alll repair shops: 42 U.S.C. =A7 7521(m)(5) http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sec_42_00007521----00= 0-.html Efforts to vastly expand that have been surfacing every Congressional ses= sion for the last few years. The most recent incarnation: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=3Dh109-2048 --==_Exmh_1166747899_12674P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFFiyj7cC3lWbTT17ARAtFWAJ9LFKdiHy0oGEWuB98OvMHbY1lM7ACg0ieD B2tNdWrijWb7CydhIYt7eoU= =Dr/f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1166747899_12674P-- - 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/