> What really surprised me badly was that when I read all 54 responses > I have counted only two real technical answers!!! All rest were about > POLITICAL issues - code was NACKed w/o any technical discussion. > Because of fear of possible abusing of driver. To answer the original question -- absolutely not! Linux is not about and should not try policing what it's users do, or passing moral judgment. If there are technical reasons something shouldn't be merged as is, no problem. There are times when a persons personal preference should be left out of the equation, and this is an example of one. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html