From linux-kernel  Tue Oct 06 23:04:37 1998
From: Richard Stallman <rms () santafe ! edu>
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 23:04:37 +0000
To: linux-kernel
Subject: Re: UDI and Free Software
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=90772813116670

    What I find frightening about this whole argument is that so far the only
    person who has even mentioned a technical viewpoint is Alan Cox.. Why is
    this ?

This is very gratifying news.  I can't be sure of other people's
motives, of course, but maybe some of them share my view that freedom
is important for its own sake, and that we should not lose sight of the
main goal for technical subgoals such as speed.

    right now I'm
    tired of telling people "sorry Linux doesn't support that" I'd rather say
    "yea it works but it's gonna be slower then the competition"

If Linux the free kernel cannot handle a certain piece of hardware on
its own, if it needs the help of a non-free driver, what does that mean?
It means that *as far as free software is concerned*, we don't support
that hardware.

So we should tell people, "That hardware is not supported--so buy some
other model!"


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