Re: [PATCH] sockreg2.4.5-05 inet[6]_create() register/unregistertable

[Helge Hafting]

Jacob Luna Lundberg wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > "The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
>                                         ^^^^^^^^^
> Preferred by whom?  The FSF?  Richard Stallman?  Hackers in general when
> they take a vote?  Programmers in general?  What if the market is full of
> VB programmers who prefer VB?  What if none of them know assembly?  They
> might all vote that assembly isn't a preferred form.  If they aren't the
> ones who count, then who does?  Maybe the authors count for more than
> other people?  If so then it does seem they might like to write binaries
> because they're crazy and they think it's fun or something.  I think that
> the intention of the GPL is clear here but the language is not...

The intention _is_ clear indeed.  That ought to be all we need really.
If it comes to the worst and somneone in court claims that binary
is their preferred form for _modification_ - have them demonstrate their
way of working to prove it can be done.  "Now write 'hello world'
in binary.  Wow, you managed that!  Now add a triple loop to it..."
This could be really interesting.

Somehow, I believe a driver written directly in binary (without even
assembly source) would be easy to reimplement from scratch in C.  
Because it'd be so small.

Helge Hafting