Closed source modules will be banned from kernel?

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Wed Jul 9 04:57:31 UTC 2008


On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 10:05 +0200, Andrew Kelly wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 08:35 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Monday 07 July 2008 20:37:33 Tom Horsley wrote:
> > > On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:51:51 +0100
> > >
> > > Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > > > Binary modules usually last only a few releases before changes in the
> > > > kernel break them by accident anyway so I would assume that if a binary
> > > > driver vendor goes under the clock is ticking.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't say "by accident" - It has been my experience that
> > > most of the time, the breakage is not only highly deliberate, but
> > > triggered mostly by the high incidence of extreme OCD which kernel
> > > developers seem to suffer from, causing them to make fantastic
> > > wholesale changes to driver interfaces for utterly trivial
> > > cosmetic reasons which add no stability or functionality, but
> > > merely relieve their obsessive need to correct some "flaw" which
> > > no one else can perceive :-).
> > 
> > Why is it considered OK to insult people on a mailing list, when you wouldn't 
> > to their face?
> > 
> > Anne
> 
> It's not actually considered OK, Anne, it's just human nature at work
> and continuing evidence of the decline of society. People often lose
> their decorum when there is no immediate need to display it, which is a
> direct result of people adopting specific behavior NOT because it is
> correct or acceptable, but because they are wary or in fear of the
> consequences if they do not. And THAT mindset is the direct result of
> society's choice to attempt to legislate morality rather than live it or
> breath it, or teach it by example.

That's a keeper, mind if I keep it for reference? :) Ric

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