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    SubjectRe: OpenGL-based framebuffer concepts
    On 5/24/06, Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> wrote:
    > It has absolutely nothing to do with the GPL vs BSD licensing on the
    > code it has to do with the belief that fbdev isn't a complete enough
    > model to do what needs to be done and merging it into the DRM is just
    > going to make things worse rather than better, I've no idea where you
    > ever came up with it being a licensing thing at all... the FreeBSD ppl
    > have on interest in taking fbdev code anyways...

    I got giant earfuls of the BSD issue from EricA. But, Dave, you are
    more reasonable than some of the other X developers so I'm not putting
    blame on you. I did notice that you didn't deny the part about zero
    forward progress in the kernel.

    I do stand by my opinion that building a driver bus so that three
    independent drivers (fbdev, DRM, XAA/EXA) can simultaneously multitask
    on a single piece of hardware is not a good design. It is a political
    solution, not a technical one.

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    Jon Smirl
    jonsmirl@gmail.com
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