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Re: Binary Driver Issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (shaggenbunsenburner)
Wed Jun 19 16:47:41 1996
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 10:50:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: shaggenbunsenburner <shagboy@thecia.net>
Reply-To: shagboy@thecia.net
To: Mike Kilburn <mike@lserv.conexio.co.za>
cc: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <96Jun18.132211edt.106328-7187+5608@vger.rutgers.edu>
On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Mike Kilburn wrote:
> Who else is doing this but you. It was pointed out to me that Caldera
> has binary only "value-added" drivers but at least they have given back useful
> source. The problem with freedom is criminals will abuse it, thats why we need
> laws.
It's just my opinion, but this sounds AWFULLY socialist to me. Were 70
years of the Evil Empire not enough to convince people that it doesn't
work like that? People will NOT "give something back to the community"
unless there's something in it for them, and in this case there's nothing
in it for ET.
shag
Judd Bourgeois | When we are planning for posterity,
shagboy@thecia.net | we ought to remember that virtue is
Finger for PGP key | not hereditary. Thomas Paine
