* Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:33:36 -0600, Marzan, Richard non Unisys wrote: > > > Keeping in mind that this petition probably might not work, I think > > it's a good idea to let Nvidia know how many people are interested in > > having free drivers. This might lead them to release information on how > > to write drivers for their hardware. > > The problem with this is that Nvidia license non-free code for use in > their drivers. They are not allowed to distribute the source, or other > information about the code, so they have two choices for Linux drivers:
They could rewrite it step by step and release the rewritten parts to the community. At least the kernel module, it doesn't seem to be that complex (compared with the open code around it). cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
