Originally posted by mdedetrich
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Believe it or not, if you make a stable API/ABI of the linux and let’s every driver use that, distribution like debian/ubuntu/centos will reintroduce this bureaucratic process, but this time all their effort is separated and doesn share the same community anymore.
At that time where the community for kernel is divided, linux is going to slowly dies off as the community effort is no longer aligned.
That bureaucratic process is the proof that the linux community is working together to make linux better.
**It is not done to slow down innovation, but help rules out potential problems in them, and it is the biggest advantages of the open source ecosystem**
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