Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19]

On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 09:39:11PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote:

 > The Ubuntu feisty fawn mess was a dangerous warning bell of where we're
 > going. If we don't stand up at some point, and ban binary drivers, we
 > will, I fear, end up with an unsustainable ecosystem for Linux when
 > binary drivers become pervasive. I don't want to see Linux destroyed
 > like that.

Thing is, if kernel.org kernels get patched to disallow binary modules,
whats to stop Ubuntu (or anyone else) reverting that change in the
kernels they distribute ?  The landscape doesn't really change much,
given that the majority of Linux end-users are probably running
distro kernels.

		Dave

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