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1.. _process_statement_driver:2 3Kernel Driver Statement4-----------------------5 6Position Statement on Linux Kernel Modules7==========================================8 9 10We, the undersigned Linux kernel developers, consider any closed-source11Linux kernel module or driver to be harmful and undesirable. We have12repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses, and13the greater Linux ecosystem. Such modules negate the openness,14stability, flexibility, and maintainability of the Linux development15model and shut their users off from the expertise of the Linux16community. Vendors that provide closed-source kernel modules force their17customers to give up key Linux advantages or choose new vendors.18Therefore, in order to take full advantage of the cost savings and19shared support benefits open source has to offer, we urge vendors to20adopt a policy of supporting their customers on Linux with open-source21kernel code.22 23We speak only for ourselves, and not for any company we might work for24today, have in the past, or will in the future.25 26 - Dave Airlie27 - Nick Andrew28 - Jens Axboe29 - Ralf Baechle30 - Felipe Balbi31 - Ohad Ben-Cohen32 - Muli Ben-Yehuda33 - Jiri Benc34 - Arnd Bergmann35 - Thomas Bogendoerfer36 - Vitaly Bordug37 - James Bottomley38 - Josh Boyer39 - Neil Brown40 - Mark Brown41 - David Brownell42 - Michael Buesch43 - Franck Bui-Huu44 - Adrian Bunk45 - François Cami46 - Ralph Campbell47 - Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino48 - Mauro Carvalho Chehab49 - Denis Cheng50 - Jonathan Corbet51 - Glauber Costa52 - Alan Cox53 - Magnus Damm54 - Ahmed S. Darwish55 - Robert P. J. Day56 - Hans de Goede57 - Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo58 - Helge Deller59 - Jean Delvare60 - Mathieu Desnoyers61 - Sven-Thorsten Dietrich62 - Alexey Dobriyan63 - Daniel Drake64 - Alex Dubov65 - Randy Dunlap66 - Michael Ellerman67 - Pekka Enberg68 - Jan Engelhardt69 - Mark Fasheh70 - J. Bruce Fields71 - Larry Finger72 - Jeremy Fitzhardinge73 - Mike Frysinger74 - Kumar Gala75 - Robin Getz76 - Liam Girdwood77 - Jan-Benedict Glaw78 - Thomas Gleixner79 - Brice Goglin80 - Cyrill Gorcunov81 - Andy Gospodarek82 - Thomas Graf83 - Krzysztof Halasa84 - Harvey Harrison85 - Stephen Hemminger86 - Michael Hennerich87 - Tejun Heo88 - Benjamin Herrenschmidt89 - Kristian Høgsberg90 - Henrique de Moraes Holschuh91 - Marcel Holtmann92 - Mike Isely93 - Takashi Iwai94 - Olof Johansson95 - Dave Jones96 - Jesper Juhl97 - Matthias Kaehlcke98 - Kenji Kaneshige99 - Jan Kara100 - Jeremy Kerr101 - Russell King102 - Olaf Kirch103 - Roel Kluin104 - Hans-Jürgen Koch105 - Auke Kok106 - Peter Korsgaard107 - Jiri Kosina108 - Aaro Koskinen109 - Mariusz Kozlowski110 - Greg Kroah-Hartman111 - Michael Krufky112 - Aneesh Kumar113 - Clemens Ladisch114 - Christoph Lameter115 - Gunnar Larisch116 - Anders Larsen117 - Grant Likely118 - John W. Linville119 - Yinghai Lu120 - Tony Luck121 - Pavel Machek122 - Matt Mackall123 - Paul Mackerras124 - Roland McGrath125 - Patrick McHardy126 - Kyle McMartin127 - Paul Menage128 - Thierry Merle129 - Eric Miao130 - Akinobu Mita131 - Ingo Molnar132 - James Morris133 - Andrew Morton134 - Paul Mundt135 - Oleg Nesterov136 - Luca Olivetti137 - S.Çağlar Onur138 - Pierre Ossman139 - Keith Owens140 - Venkatesh Pallipadi141 - Nick Piggin142 - Nicolas Pitre143 - Evgeniy Polyakov144 - Richard Purdie145 - Mike Rapoport146 - Sam Ravnborg147 - Gerrit Renker148 - Stefan Richter149 - David Rientjes150 - Luis R. Rodriguez151 - Stefan Roese152 - Francois Romieu153 - Rami Rosen154 - Stephen Rothwell155 - Maciej W. Rozycki156 - Mark Salyzyn157 - Yoshinori Sato158 - Deepak Saxena159 - Holger Schurig160 - Amit Shah161 - Yoshihiro Shimoda162 - Sergei Shtylyov163 - Kay Sievers164 - Sebastian Siewior165 - Rik Snel166 - Jes Sorensen167 - Alexey Starikovskiy168 - Alan Stern169 - Timur Tabi170 - Hirokazu Takata171 - Eliezer Tamir172 - Eugene Teo173 - Doug Thompson174 - FUJITA Tomonori175 - Dmitry Torokhov176 - Marcelo Tosatti177 - Steven Toth178 - Theodore Tso179 - Matthias Urlichs180 - Geert Uytterhoeven181 - Arjan van de Ven182 - Ivo van Doorn183 - Rik van Riel184 - Wim Van Sebroeck185 - Hans Verkuil186 - Horst H. von Brand187 - Dmitri Vorobiev188 - Anton Vorontsov189 - Daniel Walker190 - Johannes Weiner191 - Harald Welte192 - Matthew Wilcox193 - Dan J. Williams194 - Darrick J. Wong195 - David Woodhouse196 - Chris Wright197 - Bryan Wu198 - Rafael J. Wysocki199 - Herbert Xu200 - Vlad Yasevich201 - Peter Zijlstra202 - Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz203