On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:54:23 -0500, Timothy Miller wrote: > I'm sure most of you saw the slashdot story about Greg K-H proposing a > kernel patch that would eliminate non-GPL drivers, followed by a > discussion about how that would impact developers, followed by an > apology. Well, apparently, the discussion is continuing, I'm told, > and there has even been mention of the OHF (pointing to the Open > Graphics wiki). If there's someone on this list who is also on LKML, > it might be useful for us to keep tabs on this as well as participate > a bit in the discussion.
I don't think that discussion is essential to us. The wars over binary-only modules have been going on for years now, and a clear decision is not likely any time soon. However, binary-only drivers have always been a PITA for both users and developers, and that will not change. In many cases, people put up with it simply because there is no alternative. The legal angle may or may not be effective, and freedom may make a good argument with some people (especially developers), but I suspect that the key selling point for users will be convenience: 3D acceleration working out of the box with all distros and kernels. Also, I don't think it makes much sense to keep plugging OGP before _some_ hardware is available. Only then can you ask people to put their money where their mouth is. If OGP was more high-profile it would start attracting Duke Nukem Forever jokes by now. Roger _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
