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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:58:52 -0800 (PST) From: David Lang <dlang@...italinsight.com> To: David Schwartz <davids@...master.com> cc: "Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: RE: Binary Drivers On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, David Schwartz wrote: >> You say "It's rude to not play by our rules". They say "It's rude of >> you to expect us to change our business model to support your niche >> market differently from the way we support everyone else." Neither is >> wrong... > > Honestly, I think it *is* wrong to sell someone a physical product and then > not tell them how to make it work. If you're not actually selling them the > physical product but selling them a way to get a particular thing done, then > don't represent that you're selling them physical product because that would > presumably include the right to use it any way they wanted provided it was > lawful. > > How would you feel if you bought a car and then discovered that the > manufacturer had welded the hood shut? How many people still do their own > oil changes anyway? there are cars out there where the owner cannot change or add transmission fluid (I had a rental car spring a leak and found this out the hard way) some people like this, some don't. vote with your money David Lang - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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