On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 02:52:43PM +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote: > Before we go into an all out war, may I suggest what I suggested to the > said nVidia dev? > Open -all- the generic code (AKA kernel interfaces, etc) creating a > fully open driver and push all the NDA'ed stuff into a closed source > pluggable module. (Which they already have - the nVidia libGL library) > If you do it right, people will have the choice of using the same open > source driver: Either when combined with MesaGL (fully open source) or > when combined with nVidia GL (semi-closed source).
Sounds like a step in the right direction, if the open source driver indeed does not require the closed source part for functioning. This is probably a good time to mention that a large number of the kernel devlopers consider *any kind of binary-only module* infringing on their rights and not allowed under the GPL. > Side note: > Considering the fact that nVidia has full Linux i386, x86-64, BSD i386 > (x86-64 once it matures) and OpenSolaris support, the FOSS community > should consider finding means of communicating and/or cooperating with > nVidia instead of repeating that old "We are saints, so screw you all" > act. I'm all for cooperation. Almost as much as I'm against closed source drivers. Cheers, Muli -- Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org | http://mulix.livejournal.com/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
