From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: wireless (was Re: 2.6.18 -mm merge plans) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 08:52:35 -0400 Message-ID: <20060605125235.GB6066@havoc.gtf.org> References: <20060604135011.decdc7c9.akpm@osdl.org> <20060605010636.GB17361@havoc.gtf.org> <20060605085451.GA26766@infradead.org> <20060605123304.GA6066@havoc.gtf.org> <1149511707.3111.57.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linville@tuxdriver.com Return-path: Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([69.61.125.42]:10406 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751085AbWFEMx3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jun 2006 08:53:29 -0400 To: Arjan van de Ven Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1149511707.3111.57.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 02:48:27PM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > Why is it a good thing you are blocking this driver? Do you have ANY > indication AT ALL that there is anything fishy about it? Yes. > Paying attention to proper reverse engineering is good. Being > overzealous is not. Being overzealous about merging drivers without first checking the legal ramifications is a good way to torpedo Linux. Far too many people have a careless "U.S.A. laws suck, merge it anyway" attitude. Jeff