Ainsi parlait Levi Ramsey :
> On Tue Apr 01 0:01 +0200, Per �yvind Karlsen wrote:
> > On Monday 31 March 2003 23:41, villin wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > it seems that nvidia is trying to make a step not to open source but to
> > > update easily it's drivers under linux...
> > > http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_ia32_1.0-4349
> > > I'll try them asap as my download is finished.
> > > Olivier
> >
> > gaaah, this is baaad.. give us back ze rpms
>
> Build RPMs yourself... they're now licensed such that they can be
> redistributed and repackaged, so long as the binary-only components are
> not modified?
>
> A candidate for PLF, perhaps? (Hence the Cc: to plf-discuss)
Legality wasn't really the motivation. The original decision was to avoid
everything present in mdk commercial section, to avoid redundancy first, and
to keep boxed set an added value.
However, now that club exists and tend to embrace everything, i'm not sure
this policy will be relevant forever.
--
The speed with which components become obsolete is directly proportional to
the price of the component.
-- Murphy's Computer Laws n�9
