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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:10:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: Guillaume Morin <guillaume@morinfr.org>
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Subject: Re: Driver Model 2 Proposal - Linux Kernel Performance v Usability
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On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Guillaume Morin wrote:

> Dans un message du 03 Sep à 10:49, Andre Hedrick écrivait :
> > The only solution is to created a GPL pre-loading module with all the
> > GPL_ONLY needed extentions re-exported or externed as to bypass the
> > horse sh*t.
> 
> If you do that, you 

I what ?

Create and original work that happens to be open sourced and free and
given away for any binary module vendors to use and operate in linux.
Allow people the choice/option to go open source or closed source in their
product selections.

All I see is a WIN -- WIN for the people using Linux.

Then again, in the beginning it was about having a choice.

Cheers,

Andre