Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ waterskidoo on Monday 06 August 2007 23:17 : \____
>
>> On 2007-08-06, Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Well, Peter K would have us all on binary drivers, locked to hardware
>>> combinations determined by grey-suited people in smart offices.
>>
>> I don't think Peter said that at all.
>> Unless I am mistaken,he said that in the scheme of things
>> having a binary only driver is better than having no driver at all.
>> I agree with him.
>
> It's hard to just say "no" when they give binary drivers and then demand that
> the drivers get open-sourced. Sadly, as Linux grows beyond its origins (which
> it does), a smaller proportion of the users cares about the openness of
> drivers.
>
> Hopefully, Linux won't evolve to become just another Mac OS X.
>
The GPLv3 is intended to stop the kind of creeping proprietisation which
Peter K and Waterskidoo are so keen on.
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