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author | Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> | 2015-10-25 21:00:20 +0100 |
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committer | Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> | 2015-10-25 21:00:20 +0100 |
commit | fca59bea770346cf1c1f9b0e00cb48a61b44a8f3 (patch) | |
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import of old now defunct presentation slides svn repo
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diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00029.txt b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00029.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b41dae8 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00029.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +What about other FOSS OS's + + +There are quite a number of other non-Linux FOSS OSs, among them +FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, ... +Those are not as small as you might think +FreeBSD often used for internet severs (web, mail, ...) +OpenBSD often used in high-security environments +NetBSD a little more prominent in embedded +So how does this affect a HW manufacturer +In case the OS is used in a targetted market, developing a driver might make sense +In most cases, open docuentation is all those projects need +In other cases, dual-licensing a driver (GPL+BSD) makes sense so *BSD can use code from the Linux driver + |