From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GqrVI-00072r-0W for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:35:36 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kB3DWCVD019442; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:32:13 GMT Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kB3DWBAq004739 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:32:12 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A0FD13BBD for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:32:11 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at volumehost.net Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id duXaT4Wz2T0e for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:32:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net (adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.205]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C414413BBA for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:32:08 +0000 (UTC) From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: URGENT: No more fonts after xorg changes Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 07:32:23 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <20061202161037.315020@gmx.net> <20061203105325.77ee1eae@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20061203105325.77ee1eae@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1958537.hQMgrn1lcn"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200612030732.23276.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Archives-Salt: 042edd64-e134-46ef-96f0-1ed0db5b40c7 X-Archives-Hash: b059b2319ce80924f172bdb5361e5d03 --nextPart1958537.hQMgrn1lcn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 03 December 2006 04:53, Neil Bothwick wrote= =20 about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: URGENT: No more fonts after xorg changes': > On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:10:27 +0000 (UTC), Duncan wrote: > > Of course, here, I purposefully bought an ATI Radeon 9200 series > > graphics card since it has free drivers. I couldn't legally run > > slaveryware even if I wanted to. > > Until Nvidia has decent free drivers, they=20 > > don't get my money, > > There is no EULA that you *have* to agree to. Nvidia's driver are > free as in beer, but they are not open=20 > source. This is because the code for some of the T&L stuff is licenced > from another company, and that licence doesn't allow Nvidia to > distribute the source. > > That leaves Nvidia two choices, distribute closed source drivers for > Linux, or remove that code from the Linux drivers =2E..or both (release a "free" version and a "full" version), or release=20 specs so we can write our own drivers (we don't need to know anything=20 patentable or even trade-secret-able, just how to talk to the hardware) or= =20 a half-dozen other options. There's no duality here, just nvidious=20 deciding to only provide shackles (free of charge, woohoo!) and "everyone"= =20 deciding to put them on. NB: I use the nvidia driver; I don't like it, but I do use it since I do=20 occationally play games that require accelerated 3d. =2D-=20 "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." =2D- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh --nextPart1958537.hQMgrn1lcn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFctHnq72nDbhDXToRAqJHAKCWyJjfnsQh7Fc6X0ebNfwb1OxddACghNsk rOgjInT6FPKMicFpwnojndk= =ThM3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1958537.hQMgrn1lcn-- -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list