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On Sunday 03 December 2006 04:53, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote |
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about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: URGENT: No more fonts after xorg changes': |
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> On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:10:27 +0000 (UTC), Duncan wrote: |
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> > Of course, here, I purposefully bought an ATI Radeon 9200 series |
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> > graphics card since it has free drivers. I couldn't legally run |
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> > slaveryware even if I wanted to. |
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> > Until Nvidia has decent free drivers, they |
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> > don't get my money, |
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> |
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> There is no EULA that you *have* to agree to. Nvidia's driver are |
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> free as in beer, but they are not open |
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> source. This is because the code for some of the T&L stuff is licenced |
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> from another company, and that licence doesn't allow Nvidia to |
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> distribute the source. |
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> |
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> That leaves Nvidia two choices, distribute closed source drivers for |
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> Linux, or remove that code from the Linux drivers |
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...or both (release a "free" version and a "full" version), or release |
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specs so we can write our own drivers (we don't need to know anything |
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patentable or even trade-secret-able, just how to talk to the hardware) or |
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a half-dozen other options. There's no duality here, just nvidious |
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deciding to only provide shackles (free of charge, woohoo!) and "everyone" |
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deciding to put them on. |
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NB: I use the nvidia driver; I don't like it, but I do use it since I do |
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occationally play games that require accelerated 3d. |
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-- |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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