Developers are ready to get free drivers for Linux
Greg Kroah-Hartman (Greg Kroah-Hartman) in the discussion list of developers published an appeal to the manufacturers of computer devices with a proposal to develop for them drivers for OC Linux for free.
All that is required from manufacturers is to provide a specification of devices or to give an email address to an engineer who can answer the questions of interest. In case manufacturers fear a wide spread of information about the specification, they can work with the Linux Foundation as an intermediary.
For its part, the developer community guarantees full gratuitousness, full-fledged work of the driver on any computer where Linux can be installed, and the inclusion of the new driver in the OS distribution kits.
All that is required from manufacturers is to provide a specification of devices or to give an email address to an engineer who can answer the questions of interest. In case manufacturers fear a wide spread of information about the specification, they can work with the Linux Foundation as an intermediary.
For its part, the developer community guarantees full gratuitousness, full-fledged work of the driver on any computer where Linux can be installed, and the inclusion of the new driver in the OS distribution kits.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/2695/
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