Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:23:16 +0200 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: nVidia stuff again |
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Dave Airlie wrote:
>The main reasons they don't like open source is from where I'm >standing, their IP lawyers and probably not being able to do sneaky >hacks in the driver because people can see them.. > > > Well . . . if *that* is a reason for disliking open source then the problem is solved. We don't really need the source for their driver with the sneaky hacks exposed. They could keep a proprietary driver with nasty hacks, and release a simplified one (basically the same code with those hacks removed) along with the specs. Open source developers can then add their own hacks if need be.
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