- SCO (or whoever else) will develop an interface for the Linux kernel to
enable it to use UDI. Since this interface will be linked to the kernel,
it _will_ have to be GPL. Otherwise there's no way it could be included,
it would break the GPL. So far, there's no harm in it, is there? Just one
more feature you can enable in your kernel configuration.
- Any vendor developing an UDI driver can release such a driver. As it is
a loadable module, it should be possible under the Kernel license terms
for such a module be loaded into the kernel (that what oss does, right?)
Then there are the linux-native drivers. There is no reason to drop them
simply because there is _also_ UDI. So we get the native drivers and the
vendor drivers to choose between. What's the problem with that? The only
objection I can see is that some vendors may be less inclined to release
specs saying "there's the UDI driver we already provide".
But my guess is that such vendors would not release specs anyways, so it
would just be the same for us...
So, the bottom line is, I can see no harm in it. They want to do an UDI
interface? Let them do it, it will just be one more feature for us, it
won't force us to do anything we don't want to, and won't cost us a bit.
And seeing HW boxes with a "Works with Linux" sticker on them will give
our community even more exposure than it has now.
--
Francesco "Kinkie" Chemolli
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