On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:46:39AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote:It's unclear whether distributing not GPL compatible modules is legal at all. And they are definitely not "very good reasons" for doing anything in the kernel. Unmaintained code in the kernel has a realistic chance of being usable for 5 years. Unmaintained external code is quite likely to be unusable after at most one year. Let's fix the problems, not work around them. There is a conflict between getting code included and ensuring some minimum quality of the kernel, but in many cases we could try better. And when there's a good reason for a kernel policy, then code that violates this policy is not a "very good reason" for anything. That's their fault, and definitely not a "very good reason" for making life easier for them. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -
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