[openbeos] Re: OS Propaganda.... A new world order!

True. There are closed source Linux drivers... (not in the official kernel 
tree, but still), like some graphics drivers, or the Philips webcam driver 
which is half open-source, half closed source :^)

En réponse à tHiAgO cEsAr =Pp <tcjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Correct me if I'm wrong, but nothing stops BeOS from having some GPL
> drivers
> and nothing stops Linux from having some closed drivers...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linus Almstrom" <linalm-7@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 3:19 PM
> Subject: [openbeos] Re: OS Propaganda.... A new world order!
> 
> 
> > GPL restricts us not to port them, I guess.
> >
> > On 2002-05-25 at 19:41:16 [+0200], openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > Who said we couldn't use linux drivers ?
> > > Just need to take care about where we put it, but we definitely can
> port
> > > a linux driver.
> > >
> > >
> > > En réponse à Massimiliano Origgi <origgi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > >
> > > > >I want to shorten this to a few key points, then answer them:
> > > > >1) Drivers are a critical key to the success of OpenBeOS.
> > > >
> > > > >Agreed, to a degree. One thing that is a vast improvement in
> situation
> > > > is
> > > > >that there is more standardization in hardware. There are only a
> few
> > > > video
> > > > >cards out there, really - nVidia, Radeon, Matrox, etc. A lot of
> USB
> > > > devices
> > > > >(which are the future for many things) use standardized APIs
> (mass
> > > > storage,
> > > > >HCI, etc). So there will be fewer drivers to write than, say, 5
> years
> > > > ago.
> > > >
> > > > Unless you have to work around broken implementations of
> standard
> > > > protocols :
> > > > -)
> > > > Anyway, yes, it's a lot easier (see cd burners as an example),
> moreover
> > > > if
> > > > there is the possibility to write a driver at all (read there is
> some
> > > > code or
> > > > a manual available), we can be pretty sure that a driver for BSD
> or
> > > > Linux
> > > > already exists and while we can't use Linux code directly it can
> be
> > > > 'consulted' for infos about the hardware, saving a LOT of time.
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Massimiliano Origgi    The future is blue with BlueOS
> > > >     http://www.intuiware.com    mailto:max@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >         Squeezer 2.1 available!
> > > >             WorkspaceSwitcher 2.1 available!
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 
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