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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Matthew <jackdachef@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Position Statement on Linux Kernel Modules
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:11:21 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080623181121.GA13547@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e85b9d30806230602m10b5aa06m2f1c83e1a90a7dac@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 03:02:58PM +0200, Matthew wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I largely agree to this statement,
> 
> there are however some downsides if you're preventing driver
> manufacturers (e.g. nvidia, ...) from the possibility to offer their
> customers proprietary drivers:

This statement is not "preventing" anything, it is merely stating the
fact that a very large number of Linux kernel developers feel that
closed source Linux kernel modules are harmful for users, companies, and
the Linux kernel community overall.

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-06-23 18:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-23 13:02 [ANNOUNCE] Position Statement on Linux Kernel Modules Matthew
2008-06-23 13:21 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-06-25 22:45   ` jdow
2008-06-25 23:11     ` Willy Tarreau
2008-06-28  3:28       ` jdow
2008-06-23 18:11 ` Greg KH [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-06-23  5:01 Greg KH
2008-06-23 10:00 ` Jiri Kosina
2008-06-23 14:24   ` Greg KH
2008-06-23 11:29 ` Greg Louis
2008-06-23 13:09   ` Willy Tarreau
2008-06-24 11:33     ` Greg Louis
2008-06-24 15:02       ` David Newall
2008-06-23 18:12   ` Greg KH
2008-06-23 18:15 ` Måns Rullgård

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