kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > It is very sad that nvidia is not making their drivers open source. I > wonder if they are really gaining anything in the end (with all the > discomfort caused to their end users using Linux). As I understand it: nVidia claim that they would *like* to open-source their drivers, but that parts of the driver code include code (and other patented/copyrighted stuff??) from third parties, such as SGI. They cannot legally open their drivers without permission from these third parties. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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