Re: Pointless ideology? [LWN.net]

Re: Pointless ideology?

Posted Sep 7, 2004 22:32 UTC (Tue) by paulusbd (subscriber, #6253)
In reply to: Re: Pointless ideology? by gleef
Parent article: Pointless ideology?

Excellent reply!

This is a much more understandable reason than that of an ideology issue. Shame on me for not doing my due diligence and homework.
I suppose most problems could be worked around as long as the problem is just the one with distribution issues. Unfortunately, I do see the storm brewing about the proprietary modules being developed with GPL Kernel interface code. This is a more complex issue and one that I would hope could be addressed.

I couldn't agree with you more about the lack of support and development for a great number of these devices. The companies I have worked with always seem to get into these ruts and they completely loose interest in the Linux port. This keeps the driver stuck at whatever Kernel level it was built for when the interest left the building. Keep in mind that it is the company interest I am talking about, not the developer's. A great number of us would love to continue our work, if only for the idealist reason that it should be done and be state-of-the-art :) It is painful to hear the complaints and know the shortcomings of the code that is out there while being greatly hindered in any effort to correct the situation. Silly money and profit issues, bah! And you are right about the API issue; the Linux kernel does change often enough in its interfaces as to put a great strain on those who must maintain the API.

Quite true, Proprietary code shouldn't be hiding inside, nor stashed.

-Paul D.

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