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Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 19:16:35 -0700 From: "Scott Preece" <sepreece@...il.com> To: "Jeff Garzik" <jeff@...zik.org> Cc: "Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, "Chris Malton" <chrism@...oftuk.dyndns.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Google are using linux kernel - what do you know about the source?] On 5/23/07, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > >> Google does not distribute their software, so they do not have to make > >> their modifications public. > > > > They do for the kernel - they produce an "appliance". > > Ah, I stand corrected. > > > >> WRT the Linux kernel, Google is essentially a closed source company. > > > > They've quietly fed little bits back now and then but not made a big song > > and dance about it. Hopefully with Andrew there and the like more will > > occur. > > Strange that the NIC and SATA driver bits never seem to be among those > "little bits"... Along with filesystem and other modifications > discussed in the press, or observable net stack behavior when connecting > to their computers over the 'net. > > So, emphasis on "little", I guess. > > Jeff --- For 2.6.21, Jon Corbet's count for LWN showed Google ninth on the list (by number of changesets), among companies whose contributors could be identified. - 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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