From: Timothy Miller <miller@techsource.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable?
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:09:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4178096F.9000300@techsource.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1098380549.17052.164.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Alan Cox wrote:
> On Iau, 2004-10-21 at 17:26, Timothy Miller wrote:
>
>>>no
>>
>>In other words, Richard Stallman is too idealistic. :)
>
>
> I don't think even rms believes that hardware should be free in that
> sense.
That's because hardware is tangible. But what I meant was that in order
to have open source drivers, there has to be a lot of disclosure of the
inner workings of the hardware. That disclosure comes with certain risks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-21 19:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 165+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-20 22:02 HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? Timothy Miller
2004-10-20 22:17 ` Andre Eisenbach
2004-10-21 1:31 ` Jon Valvatne
2004-10-21 16:09 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-24 19:47 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-20 22:19 ` HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? [u] Martin Schlemmer [c]
2004-10-24 8:24 ` Tonnerre
2004-10-24 14:26 ` Martin Schlemmer [c]
2004-10-20 22:26 ` HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? David Lang
2004-10-21 14:46 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 17:25 ` David Lang
2004-10-21 18:15 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 18:32 ` Antonio Vargas
2004-10-22 9:53 ` Raphael Jacquot
2004-10-24 9:03 ` Tonnerre
2004-10-25 1:33 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-25 1:48 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-25 2:29 ` Gene Heskett
2004-10-22 10:16 ` Christian Leber
2004-10-22 17:31 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 19:30 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-22 17:05 ` Tobias Diedrich
2004-10-22 17:12 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-26 2:36 ` Dave Airlie
2004-10-26 3:55 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-20 22:28 ` Jim Nelson
2004-10-21 14:51 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 22:03 ` Jim Nelson
2004-10-20 22:29 ` Kasper Sandberg
2004-10-21 14:53 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:06 ` Simon Braunschmidt
2004-10-21 18:00 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-20 23:10 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-21 15:10 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:25 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-21 18:03 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:32 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-21 19:30 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-22 17:15 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 1:08 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-21 1:11 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-21 2:00 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-21 16:08 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 16:34 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-21 23:38 ` Jan Knutar
2004-10-22 4:30 ` Jan Rychter
2004-10-22 17:00 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 17:00 ` Chris Friesen
2004-10-22 18:47 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-22 19:22 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 19:33 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-22 19:56 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 20:43 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-22 20:27 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-23 17:20 ` Francois Romieu
2004-10-23 21:17 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-24 0:06 ` Francois Romieu
2004-10-22 20:51 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-22 19:32 ` Roland Dreier
2004-10-24 10:40 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-25 15:39 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 21:57 ` J.A. Magallon
2004-10-22 9:48 ` Raphael Jacquot
2004-10-21 20:23 ` "Fernando O. Korndörfer"
2004-10-22 9:02 ` Raphael Jacquot
2004-10-21 15:13 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:36 ` Shaun Kruger
2004-10-21 18:05 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 19:30 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-22 8:49 ` Adrian Cox
2004-10-22 20:10 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-23 13:17 ` Adrian Cox
2004-10-22 20:10 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-22 22:07 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-24 10:45 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-25 15:47 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-28 9:07 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-29 16:00 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 1:48 ` HARDWARE:Graphics Cards or TOE? Nuno Silva
2004-10-26 20:50 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 2:29 ` HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? Kurt Wall
2004-10-21 16:10 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 16:22 ` Pascal Patry
2004-10-21 12:20 ` Adrian Bunk
2004-10-21 13:14 ` Simon Braunschmidt
2004-10-21 17:34 ` Jurriaan
2004-10-21 16:26 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 17:42 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-21 19:09 ` Timothy Miller [this message]
2004-10-21 17:53 ` Tobias Diedrich
2004-10-21 23:02 ` Florian Schmidt
2004-10-24 1:04 ` Lee Revell
2004-10-22 1:08 ` Rene Herman
2004-10-23 5:40 ` Kevin Puetz
2004-10-23 17:02 ` Rene Herman
2004-10-23 22:19 ` Lee Revell
2004-10-24 11:10 ` Rene Herman
2004-10-22 10:57 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-22 19:47 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-10-22 20:15 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-10-25 15:29 ` Tonnerre
2004-10-25 15:53 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-25 16:32 ` Giuliano Pochini
2004-10-28 9:37 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-28 11:40 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-28 12:21 ` David Greaves
2004-10-29 16:04 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 22:27 ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2004-10-23 14:36 ` Markus Törnqvist
2004-10-24 8:18 ` Tonnerre
2004-10-25 11:54 ` Stuart Longland
2004-10-25 16:38 ` Lars Roland
2004-10-25 17:08 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-26 21:02 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-26 21:38 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-25 22:52 ` Tonnerre
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-10-20 23:48 Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 0:30 ` J.A. Magallon
2004-10-21 0:47 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 20:09 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-21 1:25 ` Zan Lynx
2004-10-21 15:52 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 4:48 Albert Cahalan
2004-10-21 16:19 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:54 John Ripley
2004-10-21 18:09 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 21:32 ` Baruch Even
2004-10-25 23:30 ` Werner Almesberger
2004-10-21 17:08 Greg Buchholz
2004-10-22 2:18 ` Tim Connors
2004-10-21 17:44 John Ripley
2004-10-21 18:26 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 21:36 ` Greg Buchholz
2004-10-21 22:40 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 23:25 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-21 23:40 ` Greg Buchholz
2004-10-22 16:48 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 16:50 ` Chris Friesen
2004-10-22 17:41 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-25 23:10 ` Tonnerre
2004-10-26 0:32 ` Werner Almesberger
2004-10-22 15:59 ` Troy Benjegerdes
2004-10-22 3:47 Roy Butler
2004-10-22 17:04 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-24 18:17 ` Mail Lists
2004-10-25 12:17 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2004-10-22 10:31 John Ripley
2004-10-22 12:58 ` Moritz Muehlenhoff
2004-10-22 17:33 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 17:15 Stephen Lewis
2004-10-23 4:45 ` Gene Heskett
2004-10-23 7:06 ` Stephen Lewis
2004-10-23 19:06 Bodo Eggert
2004-10-25 1:44 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-25 8:23 ` Vojtech Pavlik
[not found] <6.1.2.0.1.20041026082223.0231edd8@mail.javagear.com>
2004-10-26 15:44 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-26 16:35 ` Jesper Juhl
2004-10-26 16:57 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-26 21:14 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-26 21:41 ` Timothy Miller
2004-11-17 14:35 Sid Boyce
2004-11-17 14:46 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-11-23 13:47 ` Karel Kulhavy
2004-11-23 22:48 ` Timothy Miller
2004-11-24 1:22 ` Sid Boyce
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