[PLUG] Please Sign The Petition

[Vikas Tara]

On 14/04/15 07:04, Arun Khan wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Vikas Tara <vik at hamaralinux.org 
> <mailto:vik at hamaralinux.org>> wrote:
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>     On 11/04/15 18:08, Mandar Vaze / मंदार वझे wrote:
>>     Awesome !!
>>
>>     I have been exclusively using linux for close to a decade, but
>>     the points mentioned by Amarendra make complete sense.
>>     I am a linux user because it is the "right tool" *for me*, not
>>     because MS Windows is "bad/evil"
>>     I am thinking of moving to OSX because it is *nix under the hood,
>>     and all the "right tools" are available for OSX as well. (cost of
>>     hardware is holding me back, but not for long)
>     Microsoft do contribute a fair bit to linux.
>
>     You will find their commits in all of our distros, BOSS included.
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> Please elaborate on their commits.  Are they beyond the Hyper-V 
> drivers to the Linux kernel?
Your right - mainly Hyper-V support it seems, but that's more commits 
than, for example, Canonical.

> ./tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c: * Copyright (C) 2013, Microsoft, Inc.
> ./drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h: * Copyright (c) 2011, Microsoft 
> Corporation.
> ./drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft 
> Corporation.
> ./drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft 
> Corporation.
> ./drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft 
> Corporation.
> ./drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft Corporation.
> ./drivers/hid/hid-hyperv.c: *  Copyright (c) 2010, Microsoft Corporation.
> ./drivers/video/hyperv_fb.c: * Copyright (c) 2012, Microsoft Corporation.
> ./drivers/input/serio/hyperv-keyboard.c: *  Copyright (c) 2013, 
> Microsoft Corporation.
> ./drivers/hv/hv_snapshot.c: * Copyright (C) 2013, Microsoft, Inc.
> ./drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft Corporation.
> ./drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft Corporation.
> ./drivers/hv/hv_util.c: * Copyright (c) 2010, Microsoft Corporation.
> ./drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c: * Copyright (c) 2012, Microsoft Corporation.
> ./drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft Corporation.
> ./drivers/hv/hv.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft Corporation.
> ./drivers/hv/channel.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft Corporation.
> ./drivers/hv/connection.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft Corporation.
> ./drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h: * Copyright (c) 2011, Microsoft Corporation.
> ./Documentation/usb/linux-cdc-acm.inf:;     Copyright (c) 2000 
> Microsoft Corporation
> ./Documentation/usb/linux.inf:;    Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
> ./include/linux/hyperv.h: * Copyright (c) 2011, Microsoft Corporation.
I am no fan of MS - I particularly dislike their approach to licensing 
in India and the current aggressive targeting of the education sector.

I just thought that their contribution was something to point out in the 
context of this discussion as some people may not know about it.

Regards



Vik
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