On Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 10:42:43, Nick ! wrote: > ... > Also, please educate me: couldn't a BSD driver be created by using the > cleanroom approach? One person reads the GPL code, writes specs, > another implements them? ...
And what, you get a new chunk of code that replicates misinterpretations of the hardware specs? An often quoted open source adage "Many eyes make all bugs shallow" fails when the number of eyes being permitted to look at the hardware documentation is restricted. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The avalanche has already started, it is too Rod Dorman late for the pebbles to vote." - Ambassador Kosh
