* Frederik Schueler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070106 23:45]: > On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 01:19:01PM -0800, Jeff Carr wrote: > > This doesn't have anything to do with legality. You can legally > > distribute these drivers. > > in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve Langasek clearly > states in the name of the release team which drivers have to be dealt > with for the release, and since the kernel team does not have the time > and manpower to contact all vendors or patch all drivers BEFORE the > release, we remove these drivers.
AFAICS, nobody would object if someone would start to work on these issues. But, unless somebody actually deals with these, I don't think there is any alternative to the purging proposed by Frederik. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]