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 1GqtET-0001tl-Fu for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:26:21 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kB3FOSwO013625; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 15:24:28 GMT Received: from desiato.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kB3FOS60018425 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 15:24:28 GMT Received: from krikkit.digimed.co.uk (krikkit.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by desiato.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD399F153 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 15:24:25 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 15:24:21 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: URGENT: No more fonts after xorg changes Message-ID: <20061203152421.53ad8469@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200612030732.23276.bss03@volumehost.net> References: <20061202161037.315020@gmx.net> <20061203105325.77ee1eae@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> <200612030732.23276.bss03@volumehost.net> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.10.6; powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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=Sig_mekYw57+xx2HLpncsemhvx8; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 8fcc66ec-5971-46fc-be6a-44ed3c9b15c5 X-Archives-Hash: 377aed380789f2421dbb36265d7fd7d2 --Sig_mekYw57+xx2HLpncsemhvx8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 07:32:23 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > That leaves Nvidia two choices, distribute closed source drivers for > > Linux, or remove that code from the Linux drivers =20 >=20 > ...or both (release a "free" version and a "full" version), or release=20 They'd probably argue that would be extra work. > 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 a half-dozen other options. Haven't they done that already? It's just that this doesn't work with 3D, which is tied into the proprietary code. Without knowing the details, which would require an NDA and then not being able to discuss this, there's no way of knowing how closely the 3D stuff is tied into the proprietary code. > There's no duality here, just nvidious=20 > deciding to only provide shackles (free of charge, woohoo!) and > "everyone" deciding to put them on. I must admit, I don't feel shackled. I know that the code is non-free (as in OSS, although it is freely distributable) and made my choice to use it. The key is that I have the choice, and as long as I do, I'm still free. > NB: I use the nvidia driver; I don't like it, but I do use it since I > do occationally play games that require accelerated 3d. So use a different make of card that provides equivalent performance with a free driver. --=20 Neil Bothwick Stop tagline theft! Copyright your tagline (c) --Sig_mekYw57+xx2HLpncsemhvx8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFcuwoum4al0N1GQMRAuW2AKC2neu1hf3tUxHnitXlAR/QOj786wCfVV5I Yj1r1HIXQrsGXU9n9KMq32g= =GtGh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_mekYw57+xx2HLpncsemhvx8-- -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list