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Re: [PLUG] Dell really gets Linux - at last
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But that proprietary code comes with the network card via the vendor. Right? If you own the card, don't you have rights to the driver code, no matter how you use it?
Funny thing though. I tried once to get driver updates to my card. I was referred to the "vendor that sold your machine" or something like that. I forgot about that. Does make things a little more complicated. The drivers can be a lot of work to get, especially for an older machine or a company that changes or goes out of business?
Here is a snippet of the mail:
"It is up to these manufacturers to provide product-specific drivers and software support to their end customers. Please contact the manufacturer of your wireless device for their current drivers."
----- Original Message ----
> From: Art Clemons <artclemons@aol.com>
> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 2:11:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Dell really gets Linux - at last
>
> > Still, ndiswrapper is quite elegant at least in it's purpose. Perhaps saving
> > the Linux community from a serious temporary problem (or making them (me)
> lazy?).
>
> I think you're ignoring the argument over whether or not ndiswrapper
> taints the kernel since it loads propietary code. There was at least
> some suggestion that since ndiswrapper itself was GPL, a new policy was
> justified by ndiswrapper. I lost track of the argument since I stopped
> using ndiswrapper. I originally considered the consideration of taint
> moot, but after seeing Microsoft sue over using long names with VFAT, in
> hindsight, worry over taint isn't moot.
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