[Leaplist] brilliant

[John Simpson]

On 2007-01-31, at 1653, Fred Moore wrote:
> Checkout the offer the kernal guys have give to all linux hardware
> manufactures...
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070131081243482
>
> The jist is they will write their drivers for them.. this is  
> brilliant.. Looks
> like most companies now now only say.. ok or no we only support  
> windows..

i'd like to see the details of this part:

"If your company is worried about NDA issues surrounding your  
device's specifications, we have arranged a program with OSDL/TLF's  
Tech Board to provide the legal framework where a company can  
interact with a member of the kernel community in order to properly  
assure that all needed NDA requirements are fulfilled."

or how a company which insists on keeping their specs hidden would be  
able to prevent a GPL kernel driver from being reverse-engineered by  
their enemies (whether that be their competitors, their users, the  
anti-trust investigators, or whoever it is they don't want figuring  
out how their hardware works.)

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