Steffen Evers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I have followed the recent discussion about vidoe cards on the list. I > have also been looking for a new video card and was thinking about a > Nvidea card. However, I have read about the license problems with > "tainting" (non-GPL) kernel modules for Nvidea acceleration. It seems > like that kernel hackers try to block out non-GPL code like this driver > (sounds reasonable to me ...). > In particular, Alan Cox has picked out the Nvidea kernel modules as a > good example how a module "taints" the kernel and explained that such > tainted kernels will be not debugged in the future.
Yeah, they won't be "blocked out", but the kernel hackers won't try to debug a tainted kernel, because they can't fix it. Basically, I think they're sick of bug reports caused by bugs in non-free code. > So, what do you know about graphic cards regarding driver's licenses? Get a card with quality opensource drivers. Matrox cards are known for having nice drivers. I'm not sure about others... -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
