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* Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:33:36 -0600, Marzan, Richard non Unisys wrote: |
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> > Keeping in mind that this petition probably might not work, I think |
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> > it's a good idea to let Nvidia know how many people are interested in |
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> > having free drivers. This might lead them to release information on how |
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> > to write drivers for their hardware. |
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> The problem with this is that Nvidia license non-free code for use in |
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> their drivers. They are not allowed to distribute the source, or other |
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> information about the code, so they have two choices for Linux drivers: |
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They could rewrite it step by step and release the rewritten parts |
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to the community. At least the kernel module, it doesn't seem to be |
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that complex (compared with the open code around it). |
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cu |
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Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ |
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Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: |
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http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce |
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Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: |
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http://patches.metux.de/ |
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