Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 24th Jun 2008 12:07 UTC
A constant thorn in the eye of many Linux kernel developers is the existence of closed-source kernel modules, most notably those by Nvidia and Ati, but also some file system drivers and other elements. Most of the Linux developers have been against these modules ever since they were first used, and in fact, bug reports originating from a tainted kernel are often disregarded and ignored. The kernel developers have now rallied together by issuing a statement urging vendors to release open source Linux kernel modules and drivers.
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2007-09-06
Would FOSS kernel modules for wifi networking (cough, broadcom, caugh) and other hardware only supported now though binary blob "we have patents in there" bad coding really be such a bad thing.
As far as I can see, the only limitation is that everybody must be allowed the four freedoms. There are many other licenses though so if you don't like GPL, choose something different for your code.
(Are you a developer who would actually be effected by the "limitations"? I can write code but I wouldn't claim to be a developer or limited by GPL.)
(Edit: drat, that was meant for the complaining post above yours)
Edited 2008-06-24 13:50 UTC