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From: Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@g.o>
To: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Some thoughts about NVIDIA and GPL issue...
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:43:03
Message-Id: 44DC8927.9020606@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Some thoughts about NVIDIA and GPL issue... by Stefan de Konink
1 Stefan de Konink wrote:
2 > But maybe this issue resolves itself in a matter of months. Intel going
3 > OS, AMD/Ati can step out too.
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5 Doubtful. Intel can afford to go OSS, because their graphics technology is
6 behind that of ATI and Nvidia. They're not concerned about someone reverse
7 engineering their technology from the driver. Also, ATI and Nvidia likely use
8 technology licenses from other companies, which would not allow them to open
9 source the drivers.
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