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DATE | 2006-05-23 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Subject: [matt@modestolan.com: Re: [Balug-talk] [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Its a sorry day for The?Linux?Journal]
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Received: from frida.dreamhost.com (frida.dreamhost.com [66.33.206.23]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id k4MIQ2Kt018227 for ; Mon, 22 May 2006 14:26:04 -0400 Received: from che.dreamhost.com (che.dreamhost.com [66.33.216.23]) by frida.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2300E16DC0A; Mon, 22 May 2006 11:26:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from che.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by che.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F30051C026; Mon, 22 May 2006 11:24:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: balug-talk-at-lists.balug.org Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.152]) by che.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12AE61BE58 for ; Mon, 22 May 2006 11:24:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.116] (c-67-181-41-207.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.181.41.207]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <20060522182417m1200pvp2he>; Mon, 22 May 2006 18:24:21 +0000 From: Matt Thrailkill To: Rick Moen In-Reply-To: <20060522180506.GA29273-at-linuxmafia.com> References: <1148075379.17493.32.camel-at-stat29.mrbrklyn.com> <20060520135142.GA4204-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> <1148187208.6373.6.camel-at-stoneburner.xwredwing.net> <20060522171749.GS14850-at-linuxmafia.com> <1148320696.6373.16.camel-at-stoneburner.xwredwing.net> <20060522180506.GA29273-at-linuxmafia.com> Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 11:23:34 -0700 Message-Id: <1148322214.6373.20.camel-at-stoneburner.xwredwing.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Cc: balug-talk-at-lists.balug.org Subject: Re: [Balug-talk] [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Its a sorry day for The Linux Journal X-BeenThere: balug-talk-at-lists.balug.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: balug-talk-bounces-at-lists.balug.org Errors-To: balug-talk-bounces-at-lists.balug.org Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 18282
Does Linus Torvalds count? From: http://www.kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/kt20031226_246.html#1 "And so _I_ personally think some binary modules are ok, and you've heard my arguments as to why."
A purist wouldn't accept binary anything, in my opinion.
On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 11:05 -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Matt Thrailkill (matt-at-modestolan.com): > > > A lot of open source people make compromises on things, such as binary > > blob device drivers, that free software people do not. > > I dispute the premise of my newfound acquaintance Matt that the > (unspecified) people he contemplates are open source people. > > (You'll basically have to play definitional footsie with someone else.) > -- Matt Thrailkill
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