Subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: RME is no more
From: Jack O'Quin (joq_AT_io.com)
Date: Mon Nov 29 2004 - 17:59:16 EET
Joe Hartley <jh_AT_brainiac.com> writes:
> I think if RME believes releasing the data on their Firewire audio
> poses a threat to their competitive edge, they probably have a point.
Right or wrong, it is their business and their choice.
> While I'm a huge fan of OSS, I have to respect when companies like
> NVidia release binary-only drivers for a device. I'm just glad that
> they do, when so many companies will only release for Windoze, or for
> Windoze and Mac only. I think NVidia's support, for example, is as good
> for Linux as it is for any other platform. Do all bugs get fixed?
> Nope, and they don't in 99% of OSS projects, either.
I believe in free speech, and this includes the right to remain
silent. Insisting that RME release code when they would rather not
violates *their* freedom. I value libre software for being minimally
coercive to both authors and users.
-- joq
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