Free Linux driver development

[Christos Ricudis]

Kalamaras Dimitris wrote:
>
> FYI
>
> Ο Greg Kroah-Hartman, kernel developer, δημοσίευσε μια ανακοίνωση στο 
> blog του με τίτλο "Free Linux driver development" σύμφωνα με την οποία 
> η κοινότητα του πυρήνα (1500+ developers) προσφέρεται να αναπτύξει 
> δωρεάν ελεύθερους drivers για κάθε είδος συσκευής, αρκεί ο 
> κατασκευαστής να προσφέρει κάποιες προδιαγραφές του προϊόντος του.
>

...kati pou den to hksere KANENAS mexri shmera, kai perimename enagwniws 
kai emeis kai oi hardware developers na to ma8oume apo thn anadhmosieysh 
tou blog tou Hartman sto Slashdot [1].

Fysika, poly kala ekane o k. Hartman kai ekdhlwse thn "dhmosia prosfora 
tou linux kernel community" gia to grapsimo "free" (as in beer - 
diabaste th diatypwsh sto blog oson afora ta NDA) drivers. Etsi twra o 
ka8e pikramenos hardware developer 8a exei akoma mia dikaiologia tou 
eidous "Zhthsame apo XILIOUS PENTAKOSIOUS DEVELOPERS na grapsoun open 
source drivers gia to kainourio mas environmental-friendly 
ethanol-powered montelo fygokentrikhs glyfomounieras, alla KANENAS den 
antapokri8hke. So much for Mr. Hartmann, linux kernel developers, and 
linux generally".

H megalyterh dyskolia pou antimetwpizoun oi hardware vendors DEN einai 
to na katsei kapoios na grapsei linux drivers gia to hardware tous. 
Mporoun na to kanoun kai oi idioi para poly kala, pistepste me. To 
megalytero problhma brisketai sto QA kai sta logistics tou na kanoyn 
support ena oikonomika asymforo minority apo unix-illiterate linux users 
me 857.4 [2] linux distributions.


[1] To slashdot oso phgainei kai moy 8ymizei ena pelwrio blog. Ka8enas 
kai o ponos tou.
[2] 858 molis teleiwsei to build tou gentoo

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