MJ Ray wrote:
>I still feel that [nv] falls into a "free but not
very good" category, but I think I would be convinced
by an FSF position on this.
Here is the answer to my mail to the FSF, if you still
care:
>I think that debian-legal is asking the right
quesiton here: is this really what the NV
Hi,
MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I still feel [the nv driver] falls into a "free but
not very good" category, but I think I would be
convinced by an FSF position on this.
After a quick search to try and find if the FSF ever
voiced an opinion on nv, I unfortunately only dug out
the well-know
>If people could prefer to code in that way back then,
I have no difficulty believing that there are people
today who honestly prefer a similar coding style when
they write device drivers.
Interesting point, yet maybe this coding style was
preferred because of much simpler hardware at the time
(ju
--- Josh Triplett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think MJ Ray was answering rudely there
My sincere apologies to MJ Ray if I misunderstood what
he was saying.
> Please don't let a few people spoil your outlook
> on debian-legal as
> a whole.
>
> - Josh Triplett
Thank you, this is refres
>Maybe debian-x, maybe debian-devel or maybe you need
a new list.
Ok, debian-wankers, got it. If some people feel the
topic is so absurd, why do they waste their time
answering rudely ? I expect contradiction, but if
gratuitously insulting others is some game, let them
play with their sado-masochi
--- Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> None of X is free as defined by the FSF. It is open
source as defined by the OSI, and free as defined by
the DFSG, but the FSF would not call MIT/X11 or
three-clause BSD free software.
Actually, the FSF used to have a tooth against the X
Consortium,
arch engine
!
Cheers,
Camille d'Alméras
--- Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 12:02:50PM -0800, Ben
> Johnson wrote:
> > I would like to hear your comments on the matter
> > before I submit a bug report asking for the
> removal
> >
one of the existing maintainers
gets hit by a bus, or we're screwed. ;o)"
Really all this is getting as far as it gets from the
spirit, if not the letter, of free software...
Camille d'Alméras
--- Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Ben Johnson:
> T
Hi list,
I would like to hear your comments on the matter
before I submit a bug report asking for the removal
from base of the nv X driver and possibly also of the
rivafb kernel module for severe policy violation. The
code for nv is voluntarily obfuscated, in effect
making it proprietary: its sole
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