GM & MS

[Les Mikesell]

Craig White wrote:

>>> The factory radio also won't let me pirate Sirius or XM stations for 
>>> some bizarre reason.
>>>
>>> I'm sure you're not poking fun at Linux because the maintainers are 
>>> unwilling to break the law, are you?
>> But feel free to poke fun at them because they won't cooperate with 
>> anyone who wants to give their software away in a different manner (ati, 
>> nvidia, vmware...), and for making it next to impossible for anyone to 
>> supply copies of things that don't break the law as part of the 
>> distribution even to people willing to pay for them.
> ----
> The sarcasm of previous posters (not Les) notwithstanding...
> 
> Companies are free to have their device drivers written for them under
> NDA if they choose...
> 
> http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/free_drivers.html
> 
> I'm not sure how much strength remains in ATI/Nvidia/etc. arguments.

It's the fact that there is an argument instead of cooperation that 
makes it problematic for the user, not the strength of either side...

Anyway, I guess it would be fun to see how they propose to release 
source without disclosing how it works - or whatever the NDA covers.

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   Les Mikesell
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