Star Non-GPL Linux Kernel Modules Banned Starting January 2008?
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 14th Dec 2006 03:00 UTC, submitted by SEJeff
Linux "It's always an interesting day when you get to write a kernel patch, at the urging of Andrew Morton, that notifies the world that non-GPL Linux kernel modules will not work after January 2008 and write some poetry all in the same message." More here. Hopefully, many closed-source drivers will be opened during the next year if this patch goes through. Update: Linus responds.
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RE[3]: all hail morton
by trenchsol on Thu 14th Dec 2006 15:38 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: all hail morton"
trenchsol
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2006-12-07

In fact, to hardware vendors, drivers are PITA, but again, there are possible trade secrets here.

DG

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RE[4]: all hail morton
by archiesteel on Thu 14th Dec 2006 16:12 in reply to "RE[3]: all hail morton"
archiesteel Member since:
2005-07-02

In fact, to hardware vendors, drivers are PITA, but again, there are possible trade secrets here.

True...however I wonder about the intrinsic value of those secrets vs. the cost of maintaining drivers over an indeterminate length of time...

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RE[4]: all hail morton
by trinitrotolueen on Thu 14th Dec 2006 16:20 in reply to "RE[3]: all hail morton"
trinitrotolueen Member since:
2006-10-03

n fact, to hardware vendors, drivers are PITA, but again, there are possible trade secrets here.

As if they can't be investigated when they are not opensourced.

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