How hard would it be to make Nouveau work under OI? On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Ken Gunderson <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 13:34 +0100, Alasdair Lumsden wrote: > > Hi Ken & Ken, > > > > With each release we've shipped the latest nVidia driver available from > their website, and we're hoping to do the same with oi_151. > > > > Regarding the license terms, initially the license stated binary > redistribution was for Linux. But after I left a voicemail with NVidia's > corporate headquarters, one part of the license was updated to include > OpenSolaris: > > > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/nv_swlicense.html > > > > "Linux/FreeBSD/OpenSolaris Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms > of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux or > FreeBSD operating systems, or other operating systems derived from the > source code to these operating systems, may be copied and redistributed, > provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way (except > for unzipping of compressed files)." > > > > The update was "half-arsed", because it states "Linux/FreeBSD/OpenSolaris > Exception", then later in the paragraph states "Linux or FreeBSD" but not > OpenSolaris. But we're interpreting this liberally. > > > > They never responded to my voicemail directly, but I'd like to think the > timing of the change suggests they actually listened. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Alasdair > > Excellent :) > > Speaking of 151, I've been testing 148b as daily driver on the > workstation front. I've filed a couple bug reports on Redmine, but left > target version blank since I wasn't sure about the bug handling > workflow. Should I be setting target at 151 or would that fall under > auspices of triage person? > > > -- > Ken Gunderson <[email protected]> > > > _______________________________________________ > oi-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev >
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