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Re:Open drivers

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 22, 2007 12:34 AM
"Right. There is a very pragmatic argument for not including binary drivers or software: you can't support it. If it is buggy, and breaks, you rely on a third party vendor (often with low interest in Linux) to fix it."

He is not talking about proprietary software. He is talking about patent-infringing FREE software, such as ffmpeg and lame or DMCA-infringing FREE softwate such as decss.

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