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From: "Rhoads, Rob" <rob.rhoads@intel.com>
To: "'Andre Hedrick'" <andre@linux-ide.org>
Cc: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCE] Linux Hardened Device Drivers Project
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 20:00:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <D9223EB959A5D511A98F00508B68C20C0A5389A5@orsmsx108.jf.intel.com> (raw)

> Obvious this is a way for the telecom folks to get something 
> for free that
> really should be paid for by funding the project with CASH.  
> Or funding (a) startup(s) related to generating such support.
>
> Regardless, it takes (fill in the blank) to boldly ask people 
> to add APIs
> for an industry who is only interested in using and not contributing.
> Prove that all the stuff which is going to be plugged into these
> security-hole^Wbug-generators^Wfeatures will be scheduled for 
> open source.

This project is open to anyone who wants to participate and is
being paid for by Intel and a host of other companies. The 
idea is to enable Linux to play in the Carrier space with all
the work given away under the GPL.

> Or this another attempt to try and take over the license and shove BSD
> down the piles?

The project is open and released under the terms of the GPL. 

> 
> Pointed Blunt Raw, but nice.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andre Hedrick
> LAD Storage Consulting Group
> 
> PS: I see a lot of "wants", are there any "gives" ?

What paying professional developers to work on an Open Source project 
and giving their work away under the terms of the GPL isn't enough?

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Rob Rhoads                     mailto:rob.rhoads@intel.com
Staff Software Engineer        office: 503-677-5498
Telecom Software Platforms     
Intel Communications Group

This email message solely contains my own personal views, and not
necessarily those of my employer.


             reply	other threads:[~2002-09-21  2:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-21  3:00 Rhoads, Rob [this message]
2002-09-21  3:47 ` [ANNOUNCE] Linux Hardened Device Drivers Project Andre Hedrick
2002-09-21  4:09 ` Mark Veltzer
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-09-24 23:29 Rhoads, Rob
2002-09-24 21:46 Rhoads, Rob
2002-09-24 23:07 ` Greg KH
2002-09-24 19:30 Rhoads, Rob
2002-09-24 19:55 ` Greg KH
2002-09-23 13:23 Manfred Spraul
     [not found] <mailman.1032570840.22498.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>
2002-09-21  2:14 ` Pete Zaitcev
2002-09-21  3:30   ` Andre Hedrick
2002-09-21  0:26 Rhoads, Rob
2002-09-21  1:06 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-09-21 10:41   ` Bernd Eckenfels
2002-09-21 11:20     ` Russell King
2002-09-21  1:40 ` Greg KH
2002-09-23  6:13 ` Randy.Dunlap
2002-09-23 12:31 ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2002-09-23 22:38 ` Rhoads, Rob
2002-09-24  0:08   ` Greg KH
2002-09-24 17:12   ` Greg KH

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