Post #1890215

2026-04-26 09:15 UTC

@uecker @kernellogger @klausman Each of these people having "genuine" needs of removed drivers could step up and help. Still can, like it happened with NFC which I left and was about to be removed, if I did not poke David. If these users do not step up, they have no rights to complain, because one cannot expect someone else doing work for free.

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@krzk@social.kernel.org 2026-04-26 09:22

@kernellogger @klausman @uecker And the license governing Linux kernel kind of emphasizes this: “This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.” Which also means without warranty of support. We only HOPE it will be useful.

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@uecker@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 09:34

@krzk @kernellogger @klausman As i said, i agree in principle, but i think this is a bit too simple to only look at this from this perspective. The question is how easy / open it is for people to contribute nowadays. Following, using, and contributing to free software for a long time, this got much more effort for many projects, especially for newcomers. And I do not want to end up where the "entrance card" is being able to pay a kernel developer.

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