From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267893AbUH2O1O (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:27:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267916AbUH2O1O (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:27:14 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:58496 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267893AbUH2O1N (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:27:13 -0400 Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.8 pwc patches and counterpatches From: Alan Cox To: Kenneth Lavrsen Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.2.20040827171755.01c1f328@inet.uni2.dk> References: <6.1.2.0.2.20040827171755.01c1f328@inet.uni2.dk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1093785909.27933.22.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 14:25:09 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Gwe, 2004-08-27 at 17:26, Kenneth Lavrsen wrote: > Greg decided that for fanatic and extremist reasons the 10000s - maybe > 100000s - of people that have invested in a Webcamera like a Logitech or > Philips can throw away their camera if they want to keep their Linux > systems up to date in future. >>From before the driver went in people have been pointing this out and pointing out the decompress library belongs in user space. Nor did anyone force the Nemosoft people to do this. If the base kernel version is GPL then the version with the compressor added probably isnt GPL, but Nemosoft wrote the whole driver so they can release a non-free whole driver anyway > And what about Nemosoft. Ideally it is pretty wrong of him to pull off the > driver from his site. That makes things even worse. I would talk to Philips about doing it properly - in user space. I doubt they are amused by Nemosoft pulling their stuff either. Unfortunately its what happens when people rely on binary drivers and promises - they get shafted.