Re: kernel 2.6.8 pwc patches and counterpatches

city_hunter_at_azzurra.org
Date: 08/26/04

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    Indeed, it's a real shame.
    Everybody should never forget, as history tells, that extremist positions
    quickly lead to destruction.
    I hope that open source movement will never become fundamentalism.

    Nemosoft, I can't but say thank you for your great driver.
    When I bought a new webcam, I chose a philips one just because there was
    your driver, and I can esaily guess other people did the same.
    So indeed philips too got a reward for trusting Nemosoft.
    I don't know if philips will ever release the entire source, there are
    simply other implications for this; industrial secrets that, if source was
    released, could be used from some other rival company.

    Nemosoft, just a couple of advices from a wise guy :) (just joking, ok?)
    You should really consider about writing pwc/pwcx as add-on module, I
    don't think that would be a degradation. After all, there are some
    wonderful drivers that are written this way (eagle-usb, linux-wlan-ng,
    etc.etc.).
    You could also keep the un-hooked version in the kernel and write patches
    that could be applied to the kernel to get the full-featured version.

    I know that both choices would bring you some more work;
    but you could rightfully request a small one-time fee/contribution for the
    extra work. I, for once, would be willing to pay for it.

    Regards,
    Giacomo Lozito

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