> Legal issues appear to favor GNU/Linux drivers: > The average user probably doesn't care why device X > works on GNU/Linux > but not on OpenSolaris, but when I find that DVD > players and the > built-in SD-Card reader on my laptop work on Linux > but not Solaris and > then I learn that IP and Legal issues make it > impossible for fully legal > open source implementations of SD MMC stacks > (http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6640645071.html) > and DVD(MPEG2+CSS) > to exist, I wonder how this works. I can't believe > Sun is the only Open > Source vender which tries to play by the rules.
Is not Sun in the US, the land of the trigger^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hlawyer-happy? Maybe it will be possible for an OpenSolaris distribution. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
