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Date: Mon,  5 Sep 2005 21:16:48 -0700
From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] ndis-ulator for plan 9
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Cc: Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
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On 9/4/05, Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> wrote:
> Russ Cox wrote:
>=20
> > I think Charles was talking about Plan 9 drivers,
> > so I'm sure there are actually more that release specs
> > but not Plan 9 drivers than release Plan 9 drivers
> > but not specs.
>=20
>=20
> true, but from what I've seen, it looks something like this:
> - release Plan 9 drivers: 0%
> - release specs: less than 100%
> - release Linux drivers: more than release specs
>=20
> The problem I've seen is that linux drivers are somewhat easier to come
> by than specs, nowadays.
>=20

And if you don't GPL them you've tainted the kernel and can't use GPLd
data structure and other stuff.  Oh what fun it is to ride.....

> ron
>