[PLUG] A bit confused about 2.6 kernel and X drivers

[Paul Johnson]

AthlonRob <athlonrob at axpr.net> writes:

> On Thursday 03 June 2004 03:41 pm, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> I wish nVidia would accept the fact they can't write a driver that
>> doesn't require recompilation *EVERY FUCKING REBOOT* and *GIVE UP
>> ALREADY*.  Earth to nVidia:  It's 2003, join the rest of us in the
>> third millennium already and GPL your source!
>
> Google about and you'll find explanations for why they cannot do this.

I did google, I didn't find any.

> Legally, they'd find themselves fighting a lot of lawsuites, I fear,
> if they opened their driver code up.

So what?  They should be thinking about their customers first, from
there the revenue will follow.

-- 
Paul Johnson
<baloo at ursine.ca>
Linux.  You can find a worse OS, but it costs more.
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