[hsflinux] Re: [hsflinux-announce] Linuxant releases significantly enhanced Conexant HCF and HSF drivers

[Brandon D. Philips]

I for one will be buying the drivers (after 2.6-test5 finishes
downloading over this 56k (running Linuxant beta drivers)).

What everyone must understand is that Linux is about freedom not tight
wallets.  Personally I think that if projects like this are successful
it will send a message to other manufacturers that there is a demand for
Linux drivers, prices will then come down for drivers and will
ultimately dissapear as the hardware manufacturers compete for the
growing market.

Great Work Marc!

BTW I think that Marc is being more than generous with his offer to the
testers and Kernel crew.  Now lets all upgrade our kernels like we have
all been wanting to, click the preemptible kernel option, compile,
reboot and enjoy.

Cheers,
Brandon Philips 

On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 13:54, Marc Boucher wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 10:36:20PM +0200, Daniel Caujolle-Bert wrote:
> > > 
> > > Because the scope of the project has grown beyond the capacity of a
> > > single volunteer and legal issues prevent us from using a classic
> > > open-source development model, the modem drivers are now available in
> > > two editions: 
> > > 
> > > - a free version (limited to 14.4kbps data), available at no cost. Please
> > > use it to test if your hardware is compatible.
> > >  
> > > - a full version (with 56K and FAX), available for a modest price.
> > > 
> > 
> > 	What a shame. Now that many people helps, report problems, send
> > patches, etc... they have to pay (even modest) to use a non limited
> > version of the driver. Nice to see were proprietary drivers can go...
> 
> We tried the totally free approach and unfortunately it didn't work in
> this case. Because the modules are not entirely open-source
> due to legal restrictions, people barely sent any patches,
> instead mostly floading my personal mailbox with requests for
> improvements. So we ended up having to do all development;
> which is very costly and can only continue if we can pay salaries.
> 
> Marc
> 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 73's de Daniel, F1RMB.
> > 
> >              -=- Daniel Caujolle-Bert -=- segfault at club-internet.fr -=-
> >                         -=- http://naboo.homelinux.org -=-
> > 
> > 
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