Re: [MiNT] freemint-enhancements merge ??

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 15:49 +0100, Vincent Rivière wrote:
> Alan Hourihane wrote:
> >> As long as useful/critical modules aren't left out (for example: I'd hate to see
> >> Ozk's ethernec driver -which is close sourced iirc- left out of the new kernel),
> >> I'm ok with this.
> > 
> > I'd be even happier if Ozk open sourced it.
> 
> Closed sources are a big problems regarding to compatibility.
> Not only they prevent bug fixing, but also they are a headache for 
> upgrading the OS.

I agree.

> I can hardly see someone making money for a MiNT kernel module today, so 
> if some closed source modules are still used now, their authors should
> really convinced to open their sources, or do the port by themselves.

The real annoying part here, is that Ozk never charged for it, but it
remains closed. I don't see the real value in that at all.

> Another option would be to simply drop that modules.

Or replace it with another one ?

I'm going to do a new EtherNEC driver soon based in C.

Alan.