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Robert Heller schreef op 31-10-2017 4:17:

> In some cases
> the distros are willing to distribute software in binary only form.

Although some people like to put the blame only with hardware vendors, 
they are unwilling to compromise with those hardware vendors.

Take the Linux kernel nowadays.

There are actual parts of the kernel that will refuse to work with a 
module if the module has a non-free license as part of its module 
definition.

Every module is required as part of its source to define its license 
using some MODULE or LICENSE tag.

This is the tag:

MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

If you don't put that in, first the kernel is going to say it is 
_tainted_, and then there are now actual mechanics that prevent certain 
stuff from working if you don't put it in.

And I believe something the nVidia driver needed was part of that.

This no-compromise attitude is what actually creates most of the 
problems.

As long as you consider other people the perpetrator and only put the 
blame with them it is easy to forget that even though it is said that 
_they_ don't want to compromise, look at the attitude of your own 
group!!!

Some political parties do this as a way to stay out of politics.