After takin' a swig o' grog, Chris Ahlstrom belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, JEDIDIAH belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> On 2009-02-12, Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> But for the record : why the hell SHOULD they give their source away?
>>
>> In this day in age it's expected. If they sell you a piece of hardware
>> then they should provide all that is needed for getting it to work with
>> the system that it's going to be plugged into. Gone are the days when
>> you would expect to fork over an extra 50 buck for the device driver
>> for the dominant OS in the marketplace.
>>
>>> The source reveals their APIs which in turn reveals a LOT about their HW
>>> design. I'm with NVidia all the way on this and they can count on my
>>> cash because they do provide EXCELLENT Linux support.
>>
>> Hmmm... can't program the chip without having enough fundemental
>> understanding of the product that you can effectively reverse engineer
>> it. That's a rather fascinating idea there.
>
> It's tough work, though:
>
> http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix
>
> I don't get Nvidia's attitude, however.
>
> First, they'll sell even more cards if they open up their source code.
>
> Second, isn't their stuff protected by patents? And, in the U.S., by the
> friggin' DMCA? It's not clear that they get any more protection if they
> also provide the source code.
^^^ I meant "hide"
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My doctorate's in Literature, but it seems like a pretty good pulse to me.
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