Documentation/process/kernel-driver-statement.rst

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.. _process_statement_driver:

Kernel Driver Statement
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Position Statement on Linux Kernel Modules
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We, the undersigned Linux kernel developers, consider any closed-source
Linux kernel module or driver to be harmful and undesirable. We have
repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses, and
the greater Linux ecosystem. Such modules negate the openness,
stability, flexibility, and maintainability of the Linux development
model and shut their users off from the expertise of the Linux
community. Vendors that provide closed-source kernel modules force their
customers to give up key Linux advantages or choose new vendors.
Therefore, in order to take full advantage of the cost savings and
shared support benefits open source has to offer, we urge vendors to
adopt a policy of supporting their customers on Linux with open-source
kernel code.

We speak only for ourselves, and not for any company we might work for
today, have in the past, or will in the future.

 - Dave Airlie
 - Nick Andrew
 - Jens Axboe
 - Ralf Baechle
 - Felipe Balbi
 - Ohad Ben-Cohen
 - Muli Ben-Yehuda
 - Jiri Benc
 - Arnd Bergmann
 - Thomas Bogendoerfer
 - Vitaly Bordug
 - James Bottomley
 - Josh Boyer
 - Neil Brown
 - Mark Brown
 - David Brownell
 - Michael Buesch
 - Franck Bui-Huu
 - Adrian Bunk
 - François Cami
 - Ralph Campbell
 - Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino
 - Mauro Carvalho Chehab
 - Denis Cheng
 - Jonathan Corbet
 - Glauber Costa
 - Alan Cox
 - Magnus Damm
 - Ahmed S. Darwish
 - Robert P. J. Day
 - Hans de Goede
 - Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
 - Helge Deller
 - Jean Delvare
 - Mathieu Desnoyers
 - Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
 - Alexey Dobriyan
 - Daniel Drake
 - Alex Dubov
 - Randy Dunlap
 - Michael Ellerman
 - Pekka Enberg
 - Jan Engelhardt
 - Mark Fasheh
 - J. Bruce Fields

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