On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 09:14:00AM +0100, Federico Vaga wrote: > On Monday, January 21, 2019 2:43:38 AM CET Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:58:04 +0100 > > > > Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The link referred by the note can't be retrieved: this patch just > > > remove that old note. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > > > > Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst | 3 +-- > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > > > b/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst index > > > 24f5aeecee91..57d95a49c096 100644 > > > --- a/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > > > +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > > > @@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ is also a rough job. > > > > > > Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we > > > are talking about GPL released drivers here, if your code doesn't fall > > > > > > -under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech > > > -<insert link to leech comment from Andrew and Linus here>.) If your > > > +under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech). If > > > your> > > > driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes, it will be fixed > > > up by the person who did the kernel change in the first place. This > > > ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over time, with > > > > I've applied this. I do wonder if the "you leech" should maybe come out > > too, though. I don't think that parasitic worms are a protected class > > under the CoC, but they might still suffer emotionally from being > > compared to the purveyors of proprietary modules... > > I agree, do you want me to change the patch? I would leave it as-is for now please. When this was written, there was a lot of discussion about closed source modules, and how the companies that created them were leeches on our development community. No one disagreed with that statement, and a number of companies privately agreed with us. That still has not changed. So I would like to see this remain. thanks, greg k-h
