Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:09:35 -0400 | From | Timothy Miller <> | Subject | Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? |
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Alan Cox wrote: > On Iau, 2004-10-21 at 17:26, Timothy Miller wrote: > >>>no >> >>In other words, Richard Stallman is too idealistic. :) > > > I don't think even rms believes that hardware should be free in that > sense.
That's because hardware is tangible. But what I meant was that in order to have open source drivers, there has to be a lot of disclosure of the inner workings of the hardware. That disclosure comes with certain risks.
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