On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 08:44:41PM -0700, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote:
> On 15 Sep 2001, Jeffrey Ingber wrote:
>
> > If we want to see DRI development continue, we need to look at this from
> > a differnt perspective: Instead of bashing the people who brought us
> > DRI, we need to answer the call and roll up our sleeves - and continue
> > from where the development left off. [Undeserved] flames won't help the
> > situation one bit. These are the times when the open-source model can
> > shine, and infact was designed for. I, for one, would be willing to
> > help further development since modern hardware support for 3D is
> > essential if I am to continue to use Linux as my primary OS.
>
> Lots of people are willing to help, but it's very naive to think that
> random hackers are going to reverse engineer these complicated drivers in
> any kind of reasonable time frame. Open source drivers for new 3D gear
> depend entirely on satisfactory specifications from the vendors. Without
> them, we are screwed.
>
> -jwb
>
Don't forget DMCA in this picture .... even if there is somebody working on
that (I mean reverse engineering ...) - that's too dangerous already.
>
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