From: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
To: Michael Renzmann <mrenzmann@madwifi.org>
Cc: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>,
"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>,
"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Vendor support stickers for devices supported under Linux wireless
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:09:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1217610561.13107.28.camel@dv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3659.194.45.26.221.1217581093.squirrel@webmail.madwifi.org>
On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 10:58 +0200, Michael Renzmann wrote:
> How about a "Linux Wireless Foundation"? Some kind of official entity that
> wireless vendors could talk to for Linux support, certification process
> for getting the logo, and so on.
My concern is that giving any certification would imply that we promise
to keep the driver in the Linux sources. However, I don't think we can
accept legal obligations on behalf of the developers.
Linus can remove any driver at any time. We can hope that he will act
rationally, but even then, the driver may be found to have fundamental
problems after the certification. If Linus removes a driver for a
certified device, will "Linux Wireless Foundation" fork the kernel?
--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-01 17:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-30 20:27 Vendor support stickers for devices supported under Linux wireless Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-07-30 20:57 ` drago01
2008-07-30 20:58 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-07-31 9:16 ` Michael Renzmann
2008-07-31 10:08 ` Johannes Berg
2008-07-31 17:05 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-07-31 17:12 ` Johannes Berg
2008-07-31 17:19 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-10-10 17:51 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-10-10 17:52 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-07-31 13:57 ` Nick Kossifidis
2008-07-31 16:51 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-08-01 8:58 ` Michael Renzmann
2008-08-01 17:09 ` Pavel Roskin [this message]
2008-08-01 17:45 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-08-01 18:30 ` Daniel Gimpelevich
2008-08-01 19:09 ` Pavel Roskin
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