Slightly different tack

Posted Mar 6, 2008 13:16 UTC (Thu) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989)
In reply to: As long as the proprietary Windows driver ist not DISTRIBUTED... by NRArnot
Parent article: NDISwrapper dodges another bullet

Maybe there could be broader distribution of reversing kits, making it less painful to get
into collecting packets and writing drivers for legacy hardware.
A problem with NDISwrapper is that it appeals to laziness and doesn't foster new, pure-GPL
development.
Advertizing NDISwrapper as an important infrastructure piece for writing freer drivers could
give it more street cred.
Packaged properly, it could help improve the developer base for the kernel by helping flatten
the learning curve.
And I want a pony.