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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!koala.uwec.edu!daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu!tigger!not-for-mail From: bl03@uwrf.edu (BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy Date: 8 Dec 1995 21:11:50 GMT Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4aa9mm$vtr@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <49smvs$8gd@josie.abo.fi> <DJ2JEp.7Ky@nntpa.cb.att.com> <4a2oii$m7h@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> <4a7sv2$jns@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: tigger.acc.uwrf.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:30753 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10735 comp.unix.advocacy:12346 J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : bl03@uwrf.edu (BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM) writes: : : > Hmm..Where do you get "King" and "Exclusive" access from that statement? : > Are you saying that if I fixed person A's XYZ driver that I could submit : > the patch to FreeBSD and avoid person A?? : : Yes, if there's a good reason (e.g. the original developer is no : longer available for some reason). In that case you take over the project.=) We were talking about drivers that currently being managed like ext2fs, etc. If there is no developer that is a different story.