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Linus Puts Kibosh On Banning Binary Kernel Modules

Posted by kdawson on from the distribution-vs.-use dept.

microbee writes "On LKML's periodic GPL vs. binary kernel module discussion, Andrew Morton hinted that he favors refusing to load binary modules in 12 months. Greg Kroah-Hartman then posted a patch to do exactly that. Surprisingly Linus chimed in and called it 'stupid' and a 'political agenda,' and even compared it with the RIAA's tactics. Later in the same thread Greg withdrew his patch and apologized for not having thought it through."

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  1. Quote from the patch withdrawl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'm so sorry Mr. Linus! Please forgive me! I was a bad wittle boy."

    1. Re:Quote from the patch withdrawl by grahamlee · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's exactly what I thought, too. Andrew Morton says "we should do blah". Weenie says "Huzzah! For I have done blah!" Linus Torvalds says "doing blah is stupid". Weenie says "I never did blah! Or at least, I didn't really mean it."

  2. LKML could be a soap opera by suso · · Score: 5, Funny

    This week on LKML 24. Andrew and Linus get into it over politics, while Greg watches from the closet. Watch it Friday at 8, 7 central, 6 a mountain.

    1. Re:LKML could be a soap opera by shawngarringer · · Score: 2, Funny

      Did he ask what he had to do to get it included, kill someone?

      Bad joke, bad joke I know...

  3. Re:Linus was wrong on one point by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think he was referring to the RMS crowd, who won't.

    You mean the GNU/Linux crowd, right?

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    I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
    We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
  4. Re:Torvalds needs to get over himself. by DaveV1.0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Linus didn't name Linux, the community did. It was to honor the fact that he started it all.

    Perhaps you should actually learn the history of Linux before you open your mouth and prove your ignorance to the world.

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    There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
  5. Re:Torvalds needs to get over himself. by OrangeTide · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ari made up about half the Linux community at the time.

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    “Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
  6. Re:Torvalds needs to get over himself. by bogado · · Score: 3, Funny

    We all know that the correct nomenclature should been "Gnu/Freax", and that is why it got renamed. :-P

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    []'s Victor Bogado da Silva Lins

    ^[:wq

  7. Re:And of course Linus is right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't get this reasoning. "The driver made by $MANUFACTURER is very complex, therefore it's useless for anyone else to know the interface it uses". Seriously, WTF? It's SOFTWARE, not MAGIC. If the interface was known there is NO reason the apparently holy driver couldn't be replaced. It might not be *easy*, but claiming flat out it's impossible doesn't stand to reason at all. After all, where did original driver come from to begin with? Representatives from the design departement climbed a mountain and got it on an usb-stick from God?

  8. Re:Torvalds needs to get over himself. by SnowZero · · Score: 2, Funny

    Excuse me, but GNU must be capitalized to emphasize its importance over all other open source projects -- as well as the fact that it is a recursive acronym.

  9. Re:Torvalds needs to get over himself. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course not, GNU is not UNIX.