On 10/23/2012 4:43 PM, John Hasler wrote:
Mark Allums wrote:
Debian devs regard the nvidia closed source drivers anathems.
I wrote:
They don't regard them as "anathema".
They certainly *do* regard them as anathema, as they do all
closed-source and non-free software.
False. I am a Debian dev. I do not regard closed-source as anathema.
I do consider it the sole responsibility of whoever controls the source.
I am not going to help you fix it even if I can figure out how without
source (unless you pay me) if I cannot publish the fixed version. Ask
the guy you bought it from. He clearly wants to be the only one able to
fix it.
Don't assume when I generalize that I am too stupid to realize that
there might be exceptions. However, there are plenty of devs who do
feel that way, enough to validly characterize one type of dev that way,
a type that is not at all uncommon, and even typical. I would guess the
number of such would be at least half based on what I see when I read
lists, read IRC, read bug reports. They're everywhere.
I am glad you are more moderate. How do you stand on device firmware?
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