richard stallman was given credit for creating the linux kernel back in 1991.
who is given credit for creating the linux kernel back in 1991?
richard stallman
in the linux kernel development community, linus torvalds has made strong statements on the issue of binary-only modules, asserting: "i "refuse" to even consider tying my hands over some binary-only module", and continuing: "i want people to know that when they use binary-only modules, it's their problem." in 2008, 176 linux kernel developers signed a "position statement on linux kernel modules" that stated "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." the linux kernel maintainer greg kroah-hartman has stated that it is illegal to redistribute closed source modules for the gnu general public license-licensed linux kernel.
proprietary device driver
bullet::::- archlinux for banana pi (linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26)





























bullet::::- armbian stable, with more kernel options, debian or ubuntu userland (3.4.113, 4.9.7, 4.11.0; 5.5.2017)





























bullet::::- bananian linux (debian based; linux kernel 3.4.111; 2016-04-23)





























bullet::::- centos 7 (1511)





























bullet::::- fedora for banana pi (linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26)





























bullet::::- kali linux for banana pi (linux kernel 3.4.103)





























bullet::::- kano for banana pi (linux kernel 3.4.103)





























bullet::::- lubuntu for banana pi (linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26)





























bullet::::- netbsd 7.0





























bullet::::- openmediavault





























bullet::::- openwrt





























bullet::::- opensuse for banana pi (opensuse v1412; linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26)





























bullet::::- raspbian for banana pi (linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26)
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