Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 09:03:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> To: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> Cc: hcremean@vt.edu, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Testimonial Message-ID: <199709161255.IAA03499@gatekeeper.itribe.net> In-Reply-To: <199709160325.VAA00369@obie.softweyr.ml.org>
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On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Wes Peters wrote: > Lee Cremeans writes: > > Bah! (What exactly is I20, anyway? I saw some talk about it on > > comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc, but...) > > Another weird American acronym, for "Intelligent I/O." It is basically > a plan for Intel to sell i960 chips to people who ordinarily aren't that > stupid. The plan calls for new I/O devices to sport an i960 processor, > which talks to the i960 processor on the main board, thus making all of > our I/O "intelligent." It doesn't, however, say this for free: > currently you have to become a member of a secret I20 brotherhood and > agree not to disclose anything in order to learn enough about I20 to > develop drivers. It would appear this prevents anyone from legitimately > giving away I20 drivers. > > This is bound to change some time in the near future, as Intel has too > much to lose from the negative publicity generated by all those Linuxers > out there. Not to mention Ray Noorda, in the guise of Caldera, hounding > them. ;^) > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com > This is one place where the GPL may do some good. Once one of those commercial Linux people join and start diddling the source, they are bound by copyleft to distribute it. Which takes precedence in that case? Jamie Bowden System Administrator, iTRiBE.net Abusenet: The Misinformation Superhighway
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