Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760115AbXEXCQq (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2007 22:16:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757257AbXEXCQh (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2007 22:16:37 -0400 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.247]:22660 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757289AbXEXCQg (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2007 22:16:36 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=FPQYmJWhdKs+YeyyPzA+p/c9HTJtcoLR4TQFLEJtFTXEImY2eVLFp3mJhgOvoxQXEPbj2nJVvVo8ue4+TsDUS4QTCjriNBB1UnSnsohwuA3QE82jzTonnUTXtRQWKwfa7G8Nx9oTUnTLnj+q4lKLReM70d8fzcJ8n63BC+OEHaA= Message-ID: <7b69d1470705231916q5bfd9c0bo36021f823729b8a3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 19:16:35 -0700 From: "Scott Preece" To: "Jeff Garzik" Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Google are using linux kernel - what do you know about the source?] Cc: "Alan Cox" , "Chris Malton" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <46549F45.4040403@garzik.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4654729C.70404@cjsoftuk.dyndns.org> <4654969F.9060904@garzik.org> <20070523210249.3e965257@the-village.bc.nu> <46549F45.4040403@garzik.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1222 Lines: 34 On 5/23/07, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > >> Google does not distribute their software, so they do not have to make > >> their modifications public. > > > > They do for the kernel - they produce an "appliance". > > Ah, I stand corrected. > > > >> WRT the Linux kernel, Google is essentially a closed source company. > > > > They've quietly fed little bits back now and then but not made a big song > > and dance about it. Hopefully with Andrew there and the like more will > > occur. > > Strange that the NIC and SATA driver bits never seem to be among those > "little bits"... Along with filesystem and other modifications > discussed in the press, or observable net stack behavior when connecting > to their computers over the 'net. > > So, emphasis on "little", I guess. > > Jeff --- For 2.6.21, Jon Corbet's count for LWN showed Google ninth on the list (by number of changesets), among companies whose contributors could be identified. - 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/