Re: nVidia stuff again

Helge Hafting
2005-04-21T11:23:52Z

Dave Airlie wrote:

>The main reasons they don't like open source is from where I'm
>standing, their IP lawyers and probably not being able to do sneaky
>hacks in the driver because people can see them..
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Well . . . if *that* is a reason for disliking open source then the
problem is solved.
We don't really need the source for their driver with the sneaky hacks
exposed.
They could keep a proprietary driver with nasty hacks, and release a
simplified
one (basically the same code with those hacks removed) along with the
specs.
Open source developers can then add their own hacks if need be.

Helge Hafting