From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FTKkJ-0002L3-An for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:25:35 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FTKkH-0002KD-EB for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:25:34 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FTKkH-0002K6-B8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:25:33 -0400 Received: from [128.8.10.163] (helo=po1.wam.umd.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FTKpA-0007YB-ND for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:30:36 -0400 Received: from jbrown.mylinuxbox.org (jma-box.student.umd.edu [129.2.253.219]) by po1.wam.umd.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3BFPSZZ017746 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:25:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:25:27 -0400 From: "Jim C. Brown" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] why is kqemu closed? Message-ID: <20060411152527.GA15858@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> References: <41e41e7a0604100820y3a20e731n4fb22e14db01e54e@mail.gmail.com> <3ef9fbda81a71790b3cc0575ebf95538@localhost> <443A8033.9000409@win4lin.com> <443B32A6.20501@foo-projects.org> <443BC5D4.2010601@win4lin.com> <68BDF8E1-CEAF-4900-A0E5-FB91E913F1D4@elis.ugent.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <68BDF8E1-CEAF-4900-A0E5-FB91E913F1D4@elis.ugent.be> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 05:14:59PM +0200, Jonas Maebe wrote: > > On 11 apr 2006, at 17:05, Leonardo E. Reiter wrote: > > >what if I am a hardware vendor in a desperately competitive market, > >such as say, video cards. Releasing my source code to the driver > >would mean giving up some IP that allows me to surpass the > >capabilities of my competitor for a few weeks. > > Actually, the reason ATi and NVidia don't open source their graphics > drivers is because they are both afraid that as soon as as they do > that, the other one will sue them into oblivion based on software > patents. > > See http://wiki.ffii.org/Smirl041025En for the full story. > > > Jonas > > I wonder, could it be possible that Fabrice is worried about the same thing? Who holds the patents for x86 virtualization technologies? Then again, Fabrice is in France iiuc... > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection.