linux-kernel - Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

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Date:	Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:07:53 +1000
From:	"Trent Waddington" <trent.waddington@...il.com>
To:	"Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	"Theodore Tso" <tytso@....edu>,
	"Nicolas Mailhot" <nicolas.mailhot@...oste.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

On 2/1/07, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> No, I'm going by Linus's rule here, if a person doesn't want their code
> in the kernel tree, then I'm not going to forcefully put it there.
> That's just being rude.

Makes sense when you put it that way.  However, perhaps an offer to
take over the maintenance of the driver when incorporating it into the
kernel tree would be welcomed more readily by some people than just
"so when ya gunna merge?" style badgering.

Not that I'm not a fan of badgering.

Trent
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