On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 07:35:34AM -0700, Alan Dayley wrote:
> Darrin Chandler wrote:
> >
> > The *specs* for the Intel video stuff is open, I believe, and if there's
> > a problem with the driver then the Linux developers can fix it. Not so
> > for the others.
>
> Not just the specs but the drivers. GPLv2 and MIT licenses.
>
> http://intellinuxgraphics.org/
> http://intellinuxgraphics.org/license.html
Though I appreciate that, the specs are far more important. Given no
driver whatsoever but full open specs, a free driver can be produced and
maintained by the community. Given no specs but an "open source" driver
full of magic numbers and strange incantations it's very difficult to
maintain it. Having both specs and drivers open is wonderful, of course.
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