UK govt seeks to embrace open source software, Dec 16, 2001

The British government has also come to realise that open source software is the "the start of a fundamental change in the software infrastructure marketplace, but it is not a hype bubble that will burst".

But should open source supporters see all this as a thumbs-up for Linux and other software whose code is made freely available, the policy doesn't seek to implement open source instead of proprietary solutions - Bill G is too close to the Hair Blair Bunch for that.

I just made a 2.5.1, but I'm still concentrating on bio stuff, so don't bother sending me other patches unless they are serious bug-fixes to something else.

2.5.1 is hopefully a good interim stage - many block drivers should work fine, but many more do not. However, the pre-patches were getting largish, so I'd rather do a 2.5.1 than wait for all the details.

As to other stuff - note the separation of drivers for new and old tulip chips: if you have an old 2104x tulip chip (as opposed to the newer 2114x chips) the regular tulip driver doesn't work any more for you. Don't be surprised, select CONFIG_DE2104X. Linus

I, along with some help from the Hackers-IL mailing list of which I am a member, formulated a list of Open-Source rules', not unlike the Ferengi Rules of Acuiqisition. The Rules are still open and any additions are welcome.

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