From: Russell Nelson (nelson@crynwr.com)
Date: 02/27/93 

From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
Subject: What would people think of binary-only software on Linux? 
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1993 04:23:34 GMT

In article <1mkqfvINNcts@shelley.u.washington.edu> tzs@carson.u.washington.edu writes:

   If someone developed applications or drivers for Linux and sold them
   in binary-only form, what would the reaction be?

Well, they would have to compete with source-code-available versions
of the same things. Plus, drivers that get linked into the kernel
must use the GPL and so must have source code.

-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
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