-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Roger Luethi wrote: > 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. > It's much closer to us than many people realize. Timothy hit on it a while back:
Timothy Miller wrote: > > I was thinking about someone buying OGD1, using the XP10 PCI controller > > as-is, and replacing the 3S4000's code with some proprietary thing. > > Then later I realized that I don't care. They paid for the board. > > They can replace the logic and resell it or whatever they want. In > > fact, this is something we'd LIKE them to do. > > > > So, basically, I think the pins on a chip are a licensing boundary. And it goes further. What if a company buys a bunch of TRV10 chips and embeds them in a high end phone/pda that is otherwise a closed design? I've been following the thread and I find it quite interesting. - -wpm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFiSq7rsWaHsqL/ewRAoZ6AJ4r9aOiUOpmZVRh0qliXNyUJmLY6wCcCcSB gJsz680YML7Fr/VN1f3KP3E= =Kp63 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
