On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Lee Revell wrote:
On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 17:34 -0800, Bill Unruh wrote:
Well, I also think that is a mistake. A Write once would also be far
more
stable as far as Linux itself is concerned. If every time the kernel
changes you have to worry whether or not your driver is broken, it
makes
for highly unstable drivers, even if they are open source.
Furthermore,
Linux is a tool for most of us, not a religion.
It's not religion, it's the law. Drivers are part of the kernel so must
Law? What law? No where in copyright law, which is the only law which
might apply is there anything about drivers or kernels.
And your statement was "Linux developers do not want to allow closed source
drivers" The wants of Linux developers are not law.
Drivers are part of the kernel-- in what sense. They are separate programs,
which the kernel interacts with. How would they be
different in userspace? What exactly makes them "part of the kernel" that a
userspace program would not be?
The kernel does not depend on them. Most are modules which the kernel can
take or leave.
be GPL. If you want closed source drivers they must not be part of the
kernel, they have to run in userspace.
Why?
Lee
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