From: Shawn Starr <spstarr@sh0n.net>
To: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
Cc: "Paul G. Allen" <pgallen@randomlogic.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: SSSCA: We're in trouble now
Date: 01 Mar 2002 16:29:08 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1015018176.16520.66.camel@unaropia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1015014637.811.0.camel@bip>
In-Reply-To: <3C7FDAB1.6F687440@randomlogic.com> <1015014449.16520.9.camel@unaropia> <1015014637.811.0.camel@bip>
Linux doesnt use the BIOS if you tell it not to, if it can avoid using
it. It will :)
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 15:30, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> le ven 01-03-2002 à 21:27, Shawn Starr a écrit :
> > Trouble or not. We will defeat this garbage. I will not allow any or my
> > (Canada) country to tell me how to control my own systems let alone my
> > own hardware!
> >
> > Let them pass it, they won't be able to enforce it. I won't let my Linux
> > kernel become 'tainted' by closed binary drivers and I will really
> > actively get involved in defeating such measures in Linux kernel
> > modules.
>
> You already use much BIOS with linux today, and tomorrow ACPI will be
> mandatory to use your box. Both are untrusted binary "drivers".
>
> Xav
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-03-01 21:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-03-01 19:46 SSSCA: We're in trouble now Paul G. Allen
2002-03-01 20:27 ` Shawn Starr
2002-03-01 20:30 ` Xavier Bestel
2002-03-01 21:29 ` Shawn Starr [this message]
2002-03-01 22:19 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-02 3:08 ` Neale Banks
2002-03-02 3:03 ` eddantes
2002-03-02 18:32 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-01 22:47 ` Florian Weimer
2002-03-02 2:59 ` Paul G. Allen
2002-03-06 4:26 ` Petro
2002-03-06 4:41 ` Trever L. Adams
2002-03-06 16:26 ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-06 17:03 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-03-06 18:16 ` Paul G. Allen
2002-03-06 18:35 ` Trever L. Adams
2002-03-07 22:54 ` Florian Weimer
2002-03-08 2:12 ` Tom Rauschenbach
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-03-02 0:21 Thomas Hood
2002-03-02 8:35 ` Florian Weimer
2002-03-02 17:34 ` M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
2002-03-04 8:30 ` Helge Hafting
2002-03-04 9:40 ` Martin Eriksson
2002-03-04 17:02 ` Paul G. Allen
2002-03-06 4:41 ` Petro
2002-03-06 9:27 ` Helge Hafting
2002-03-02 15:30 ` Paul P Komkoff Jr
2002-03-02 21:58 ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-03 1:29 ` Greg Louis
2002-03-06 4:51 ` Petro
2002-03-02 17:47 ` Jurgen Botz
2002-03-06 5:00 ` Petro
2002-03-06 16:42 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-06 18:24 ` Paul G. Allen
2002-03-06 23:56 ` Petro
2002-03-04 19:27 Jesse Pollard
2002-03-06 17:20 Ed Vance
2002-03-06 18:31 ` Paul G. Allen
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