Binary only drivers = bad, source code = good.
At the moment, I am doing some driver writing with full cooperation from
the manufacturer. What happened is that we approached them saying
something along the lines of: "is a Linux driver available, and if not
we'll offer to write one". They replied "there isn't, we'd love one but
we don't have the resources to do it, here's some info, away you go"
I think the key here is enlightenment. These guys are enlightened, one
of THEIR requirements is that OUR code be GPL'd !!!
We just need to convince EVERY manufacturer that they want to support
Linux, with our cooperation. If we offer to write a driver for them
everyone benefits. We get native support, they get a driver written for
them (for free!) and an expanded user base... remind them that they make
money from selling UNITS, not from shipping driver updates :-)
regards,
stephen
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