From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:41:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:41:50 -0500 Received: from dialup-192.130.220.203.acc01-faul-arm.comindico.com.au ([203.220.130.192]:19585 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:41:49 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: James Buchanan Reply-To: jamesbuch@iprimus.com.au To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Linux kernel rant Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:51:28 +1100 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 X-Memberships: Professional Member, ACM (jamesb.au@acm.org) X-Hypothetical: Humans are incapable of original thought. Everything is the result of observation, experimentation, or building on/modifying what already exists. X-Location: Australia, NSW X-Religion: Athiest, Secular X-Operating-System: RedHat Linux/GNU X-Message: The Truth Is Out There MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: <200302211551.28222.jamesbuch@iprimus.com.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, I am just wondering if anyone thinks the same way. I am thinking about going to BSD for good because of these things. Linux is starting to include code written under non-disclosure agreements and other nasties, and for me this kills the magic of Linux. Doesn't stop anyone from reading the code, but it's the principle that counts. I don't know. I feel Linux has lost the plot. It's supposed to be getting bigger and better (well, at least bigger -- to borrow words from Andy Tanenbaum. He was referring to the onslaught of "improvements" to Minix being submitted, but now this applies to Linux as well.) True, there are lots of nice improvements and binary only drivers cannot use ksysms, so I've read somewhere. (True? Nice.) But NDAs? Come on, where do you get off on that? End rant. Thanks, James