On Sep 12, 06 10:13:12 +0200, Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > Sorry if I say this like this, but the position of SuSE / Novell in > this part is just a hypocrisy: > - Novell is developping Xgl / compiz > - Xgl / Compiz would NOT have these fancy features, if not the > proprietary drivers are installed (see also > http://en.opensuse.org/Xgl#Hardware_Advisory) > > So sorry Novell: If you're THAT much against these closed source > drivers (as they are against GPL, which we all agree) then please: DON'T > force people to use them for having the fancy desktop you're building. > Or at least offer a way to get the latest drivers for the latest kernels > in your Products.
I understand your point, and to the most part of it I agree. However, different groups have different opinions, that is the case in every bigger company. And the message to the outside world is pretty clear I think. We won't provide binary modules, but we (hopefully) make it easy for the customer if he decides to do so. Also Xgl/compiz works pretty well for intel chips, except OpenGL and accelerated XVideo (non-fullscreen, that is). > The interesting fact for me is still that Novell is providing the RPMs > to nVidia... so the 'linking' is NOT done by nVidia, but by Novell (for > the SLE) products. Why should a company not worry for the license in the > Enterprise products? But do worry on the free version? The problem is not linking, but distributing. > I expect a CLEAR line from Novell in this. Offer us drivers for our > hardware that allows us to use your great Xgl / compiz. Use intel. Unless you want above mentioned features, then you have to decide yourself wether you want the features (and risk not complying to GPL - which isn't totally clear yet), or go the safe path and don't use these features. For: "offer us drivers": We are not a hardware vendor. Thus we don't write drivers ourself. We help fixing them and package them. Matthias -- Matthias Hopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ __ __ Maxfeldstr. 5 / 90409 Nuernberg (_ | | (_ |__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone +49-911-74053-715 __) |_| __) |__ labs www.mshopf.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
