On 2/14/07, Neil Joseph Schelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? Or is this covered when people say "reverse
> engineer"?
I imagine that's the best case scenario here,
No, the best case scenario is that the good intentions of the Linux
driver project would be focused on getting vendors to provide open
documentation from which any OSS project, including Linux, can produce
good drivers. People say it can't happen, but the OpenBSD project has
shown on more than a few occasions that it can and does work.
The only difference here is one project has a pair of big brass balls
hanging between their legs and the other doesn't.
DS
