On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:33:37AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > On Thu, 26 May 2011, Greg KH wrote: > > > And the USB-IF gives us MAJOR crap[1] about Linux developers > > participating in the specification work, yet other operating systems > > require horrible hardware hacks like this in order just to have them to > > work with their platforms. > > ... > > > [1] They just kicked some Linux kernel developers out of a working group > > for a new USB device specification because they don't trust us to abide > > by the legal agreements we signed. If I was a paranoid person, I would > > think that some company was out to get us because we showed them up > > again with USB support first-to-market. > > Is there any hope of improving matters by filing a formal complaint? Well, it would probably just get reviewed by the USB-IF board of directors, which basically consists of members from companies who pay the most money to get on the board. HP, Intel, LSI, Microsoft, Rensas (formerly NEC), and ST-Ericsson. All big companies with sort of a split personality when it comes to Linux support, with the exception of one. I think we'd have to get some allies within those companies to speak to the USB-IF board members first for our compliant to be heard. Sarah Sharp -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
