On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 07:27:42PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:37:55PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > >> > >> I'm talking about people like VMWare, i.e., people who distribute binary > >> only modules. > > > Call *me* a cretin, but wouldn't that be non-free? > > > Binary-only modules should be slain. Plus, they've broken so much stuff over > > the past (do an l-k search for vmware), that they should not be distributed > > with Debian, the user should have to that myself. > > I didn't mean to put the word only up there as VMWare does distribute the > source of their modules. In any case, binary modules are a fact of life > I'm afraid.
They still suck, and they're still non-free. -- Daniel Stone Linux Kernel Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 G!>CS d s++:- a---- C++ ULS++++$>B P---- L+++>++++ E+(joe)>+++ W++ N->++ !o K? w++(--) O---- M- V-- PS+++ PE- Y PGP>++ t--- 5-- X- R- tv-(!) b+++ DI+++ D+ G e->++ h!(+) r+(%) y? UF++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
