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From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
To: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net>
Subject: Re: NVIDIA  3D FreeBSD Drivers
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On Sunday 03 March 2002 04:19 am, Benjamin Krueger wrote:
> * Brian T . Schellenberger (bts@babbleon.org) [020303 00:26]:
> > Why not just avoid nvidia entirely?  Or fight for public release of the
> > specs instead of trying to get FreeBSD added to the list of "blessed"
> > OS's like Linux and Windows.
> >
> > Avoid proprietary solutions and venders of hardware that are unwilling to
> > work  with open-source code.
>
> Unwilling, or unable? As I've heard, they will not release specs because
> they cannot release specs as per licensing contracts for their technology.

And who is in charge of "their" technology, then?  You're saying that they 
can't release the specs because they forbid themselves from doing so?  I 
don't see how *that* excuses anything.

> This hardly seems like a damnable offense to me, especially considering it
> helps them build excellent hardware.

To each his own.


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