[linux-audio-dev] Re: Behringer

[Marek Peteraj]

On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 21:02, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 05:56:03PM +0100, Esben Stien wrote:
> > Alfons Adriaensen <fons.adriaensen at alcatel.be> writes:
> > 
> > > For the same reasons, there would be no need to upgrade your Linux
> > > version, and you don't need driver updates. The current closed-source
> > > driver will still work in 5 years.
> > 
> > Now, you're twisting everything to fit a twisted view. Software is
> > changed much more often than hardware.
> 
> Yes. And you can't expect a manufacturer of a e.g. soundcard to update
> all drivers each time you or any other customer decide to upgrade his
> system. If *you* modify your system and thereby make an existing driver
> useless, then it's up to *you* to find a solution,

which in case of an opensource driver would be to change a code here and
there to make it work...

>  maybe by providing a
> compatibility interface in your new system. You can't expect others to
> pay for the consequences of your decisions. A manufacturer will adapt
> to a new system if that is in his interest, otherwise not.

Paul, Jan, Fons, and others. I believe that you should switch your
software to proprietary and make a living out of it. Because in that
case your reasoning would be perfectly valid.

Marek