Re: KDE gone, Linux next ?
Ben Collins writes:
> Can you explain to me what "parts" of the kernel can or cannot allow
> "closed source" modules? Even the way the system is setup now, any
> developer can create a module, and distribute it in compiled form without
> source code. I'm not sure how Linus could or couldn't prevent it, unless
> I'm missing something.
I don't see that you are. The user installs the binary-only driver for his
MegaThumper sound card from the CD that came with it or from MegaCorp's web
site: what does that have to do with us or with Linus?
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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