Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 16:42:17 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Cc: Roger Walkup <rwalkup@cheqnet.net>, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-usb@suse.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, netbsd-users@netbsd.org, advocacy@openbsd.org Subject: Re: [linux-usb] Anti-NDA petition Message-ID: <20000426164215.A17370@physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <20000426130511.A6113@cichlids.cichlids.com>; from alex@big.endian.de on Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 01:05:11PM %2B0200 References: <4.3.1.2.20000425140001.00bf1100@localhost> <E12kD22-0008GM-00@the-village.bc.nu> <20000426111313.D1245@cichlids.cichlids.com> <3906C4C4.22930895@cheqnet.net> <20000426130511.A6113@cichlids.cichlids.com>
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> BTW: I'm also satisfied with binary-only drivers, but as read in this > thread, some guys would not be satisfied with this, too, what I myself > can't understand. > > Linux, FreeBSD and I believe the other BSDs, too, have invested much > work in a reliable kernel-module framework, which is perfect for > third-party drivers. > > But binary-only or open-source, the question was to convince Phillips > (and other vendors), that the OS-community is big enough to invest in > OS-OSs (hehe, OpenSource-Operating-Systems :-)), No, the question was to get an open-source driver. According to the original mail, a binary driver under NDA already exists. To quote: Here we make amongst other thing USB webcams. For these there is an excelent linux driver, but the author had to sign an NDA in order to get the specifications of the communication protocol. I have been trying to convince people here to drop at least part of the NDA so that an open source driver will be possible. So far the answer has been no. The concern for most of the posters was to encourage companies to release opensource drivers. Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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