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How, exactly, would it hurt? Perhaps by... discouraging use from companies that want to keep their changes private? I am completely fine with that. Proprietary

by catern 9y ago

How, exactly, would it hurt? Perhaps by... discouraging use from companies that want to keep their changes private? I am completely fine with that. Proprietary code should not be allowed anywhere near the kernel or hardware support. Would it hurt in any other way? As a concluding remark, I'll just repost what I posted elsewhere in this thread: >Consider what happens if you're wrong. What happens if the GPL actually is the reason why Linux has such wide open-source hardware support? Then say goodbye to hacking on Fuschia on your own hardware... >I'm not willing to take that risk. "I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken!"

vertex-four 9y ago
Linux does not have wide open-source hardware support on mobile phones, so that argument simply doesn't work in this space - you're arguing in favour of a supposed status quo that doesn't actually exist in the first place.
coldtea 9y ago
>How, exactly, would it hurt? Perhaps by... discouraging use from companies that want to keep their changes private? Yes. That would hurt, because as a user I am very much interested in the products of those companies. And Google wants them as an OS vendor too. >I am completely fine with that. Well, the vendors and Google are not. And neither would I be. Proprietary code should not be allowed anywhere near the kernel or hardware support. So that only second tier vendors bother applying?