Em 12-02-2014 13:59, Gregory H. Nietsky escreveu: > > On 02/12/14 18:43, Aleksandar Kuktin wrote: >>>> This does not invalidate your comment, but I think it is always good >>>> when a source code becomes open. >> Even if it did, I would not get particularly upset. The comment I made >> was pushing the envelope. >> >> For me, nouveau does what is expected of it. But for many others it >> doesn't seem to. Very often there are discussions on blfs-support that >> go something like this: > The flip side of all this is simple logic "linux" users avoid certain > hardware when > there are no sutiable open source drivers sure its a small [but growing] > % of the > market.
If this was the logic from the beginning, would linux ever exist? At least Nouveau would not certainly exist. > BUT a very vocal % im no actuary or statistician [Folks remember smoking > is the leading > cause of statistics] This is another marketing lie. > i hope they did this cause they nice guys with "ubuntu" but i suspect > there motives were greed. With this, I agree. > i applaud not the company for open sourcing it but the linux community > for been the linux > COMMUNITY. not sure we should applaud them for finally doing the right > thing or just been > neutral and stand proud of the comunity. And I applaud them, too. For me, it does not matter the motive, if some code becomes open, it deserves applauses. -- []s, Fernando -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
