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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:27:10 -0800
From: "v j" <vj.linux@gmail.com>
To: "Dave Jones" <davej@redhat.com>, "v j" <vj.linux@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers
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On 2/14/07, Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 09:16:28PM -0800, v j wrote:
>
> Welcome to three months ago.
> Here in the future, this was deemed a non-issue.
> However this does highlight another problem.
> End-users who take linux for use in embedded systems (especially)
> tend to live in their own little world rarely contributing anything
> back to upstream, popping up occasionally when months after decisions
> have been made on things.   Remind me again why we should care about
> your out of tree binary only modules ?

You are right. I have not contributed anything to Linux. Except one
small patch to the MTD code. However, I don't think that is the point
here. I am perfectly willing to live with the way Linux is today. I am
telling you as a user that if Linux continues on the current path it
will become less and less attractive to Embedded Users.

Not everybody has to be a contributor. The reason Linux is popular is
because of its openness. Take that away and see where it goes.
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