[linux-audio-dev] Re: Behringer

[Dave Robillard]

On Tue, 2004-30-11 at 17:43 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 17:32 -0500, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > I'd rather not have people with this ignorant 'closed drivers = good'
> > opinion turning Linux into yet another Windows.
> 
> So Linus is ignorant, huh?  Have you thought about why he allows binary
> drivers?  He certainly could choose not to.

Linus' stance on binary only drivers is very well documented (since it
pisses off companies like Nvidia quite a bit).  It's far from positive.

> No one said they were good.  I just said it was better than no support
> at all, and whatever RME decides to do, they designed the hardware, it's
> THEIR CHOICE.

No, it's not better than no support at all.  No support doesn't destroy
Linux in the long run.  Try to think on a little wider scale than
getting one silly little sound card to work in your specific (x86,
running a "supported" version of the Linux kernel) computer.  There are
more important things than trivial convenience for a small subset of
Linux users (at the expense of all the other ones) you know.

> You can't expect people to respect your choice to GPL the
> code you write then bitch and moan when they decide to sell their
> hardware under terms that make sense to them.  If you don't like it then
> pardon my French but you can design your own fucking sound card.
> 
> Lee

If you don't like your software being free and open, then pardon my
French but you can go design your own fucking operating system.  If not,
you could at least have some respect for the ideals that are the reason
for the creation of this one.

-DR-