Janne Karhunen wrote:
On Saturday 29 July 2006 18:07, Christoph Thiel wrote:
"Most developers of the kernel community consider non-GPL kernel modules to be infringing on their copyright. Novell _does respect this position_, and _will no longer distribute non-GPL kernel modules_ as part of future products."
He didn't say that we consinder anything "illegal".
Actually, as far as I can remember, even the word 'illegal' came out at some stage. Anyway, message was quite clear: they infringe the copyright, are not welcomed and effort is to be put into making life with them as hard as possible :/
It does make life as hard as possible for the poor linux user, who just wants decent video performance, but he's caught in the crossfire between vendors e.g. nvidia who provide drivers for linux, and linux developers who have declared war on these vendors. The linux desktop is the biggest casualty of this war. J --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help@opensuse.org