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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:20:07 +0100 From: Martin Mares <mj@....cz> To: Scott Preece <sepreece@...il.com> Cc: davids@...master.com, "Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Binary Drivers Hello! > I disagree. The manufacturer has a right to choose to sell its devices > under any legal business model. Part of that model is deciding what > level of support to provide and what systems to support in selling it. At the very least, if they decide that they wish to provide a binary-only driver for i386, then their claims that they support Linux (without telling that they in fact support a single specific variant of Linux) are (a) blatant lie, and (b) false advertising. Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@....cz> http://mj.ucw.cz/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth COBOL -- Compiles Only Because Of Luck - 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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