LinkSys and binary modules
Posted Oct 23, 2003 21:49 UTC (Thu) by
mmarq (guest, #2332)
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LinkSys and binary modules by Wol
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LinkSys and binary modules
"Personally, I wouldn't have any problem with hardware driver source being released under a "you can only run this driver if you have this hardware" licence, but I suspect others would"
Correcty if i'm wrong, but couldnt the LANANA function as a support and guarantee mechanism that that really happens( no need for licences),... and considering a split driver model being it kernel/userland(like USB) or kernel/kernel, or not, the fact of any driver being "source" or "binary only" dosent really make any diference. I mean the coupling of specific hardware device with specific sofware driver, is always a given. If there is to much generalization inside Linux kernel, is because of design and lack of proper specs.
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