Re: Supported Video Cards under Free Software
Miles writes:
> So... what's the "interesting" stuff in the driver that they're trying to
> protect? Texture management?
Several different things. They often don't own the copyrights to
everything in the driver: they license some of it from other companies.
They also often license parts of the design of the hardware, under
astoundingly restrictive terms that might allow the licensor to revoke the
license were they to publish the interface.
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John Hasler
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