2010/2/18 ?????? ?????? (Martin Bochnig) <martin at martux.org>: > 2010/2/18 Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith at sun.com>: >> ?????? ?????? (Martin Bochnig) wrote: >>> Hi Alan, this is good news indeed, congrats! >>> But as often, a small ^but^: >>> >>> >>>> Unlike ON and the previous X teamware gate, this gate is entirely open >>>> source. >>>> There is no closed component - the entire repository is published to >>>> opensolaris.org. ? (One of the first pushes was removing the last remnants >>>> of >>>> Xsun & the associated encumbered font packages from the hg repository.) >>> >>> While this is best of it all, maybe you should at least mention, that >>> this gate does not contain any SPARC graphics ddx modules beyond ast, >>> and that no single /dev/fb kernel module (sure, would apply to OS/Net) >>> is available as src in any form, under any license. Not even in the >>> DDK, right? >> >> While that's true, it's no different than the previous X gates. ? Even the >> closed X gate had no SPARC graphics ddx in since cg6 was removed. ?All the >> UPA, PCI & PCI-E kernel drivers & DDX modules live in the SPARC Graphics >> gate, not the X gate. ? (People outside Sun couldn't see that, so I can >> understand that you wouldn't have known that, and I didn't think of it >> as being any different, which is why I hadn't mentioned it.) >> >>> Are there chances, that the ast kernel module could be opened? >> >> I don't know. ? (I've never actually seen the source myself, since >> I don't work on the SPARC Graphics gate.) >> >>> I donate 500$ cash into the project if you do this. >>> Hopefully others would follow. >> >> I don't know who you'd contribute that to. >> >> -- >> ? ? ? ?-Alan Coopersmith- ? ? ? ? ? alan.coopersmith at sun.com >> ? ? ? ? Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System >> > > > > > > Well, I knew it. You told me about this numerous times over the years. > However, the reason why I asked was, because you have so much stressed > its openness. > But due to the artificial distinction X11 gate <--versus--> the > SPARC-gfx gate, it triggers unmet expectations to the readers.
p.s. A picture. This is as if you advertise a car: ^TOTALLY FREE NOW, 0.00$!!!^ While not mentioning to the audience, that the cheapest compatible engine costs 80 thousand $$$ ... > I have asked. > This was my duty. > If it doesnt help, then I cannot change it. > > > > > -- > Martin Bochnig >
