RE: Binary Drivers

Niklas Steinkamp
2006-12-21T21:49:07Z

David wrote:
> Honestly, I think it *is* wrong to sell someone a physical product and then
> not tell them how to make it work. If you're not actually selling them the
> physical product but selling them a way to get a particular thing done, then
> don't represent that you're selling them physical product because that would
> presumably include the right to use it any way they wanted provided it was
> lawful.
>
> How would you feel if you bought a car and then discovered that the
> manufacturer had welded the hood shut? How many people still do their own
> oil changes anyway?

I think he is right. The linux kernel is free software and there should be no closed source in it.
When Windows uses closed-source drivers, it doesn&#180;t matter, but the in the linux kernel should be only open-source.

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