[openbeos] Re: OS Propaganda.... A new world order!
- From: François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 21:53:47 +0200 (MEST)
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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