Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license

Sean Estabrooks
2004-04-30T06:13:13Z

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 01:44:24 -0400
Marc Boucher <marc@linuxant.com> wrote:

> There are major chipset vendors out there who have managed to become
> market leaders while not providing any drivers for Linux.
>
> But other vendors are also still releasing new native linux drivers,
> despite the availability of our solutions (Intel's project for Centrino
>
> This essentially proves that we are not removing the incentive to do
> proper native drivers, simply providing more options for 1) people who
> would otherwise be stuck or unable to use the full functionality of
> their machines under Linux right now, and 2) vendors who are not able
> to afford or justify the cost of developing native linux drivers due to
> the size of the current Linux desktop market. In general these vendors
> plan to one day produce native drivers, once the numbers make it
> possible.

That's not how you pitch it on your website. For instance, how many
sales does Intel's Centrino project lose because you make non GPL-friendly
hardware viable under Linux? Anyway, no matter how sure you are of
your position, it doesn't justify what you did.

Sean.