Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable?

[Timothy Miller]

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Iau, 2004-10-21 at 17:26, Timothy Miller wrote:
>
> > > no
> >
> > In other words, Richard Stallman is too idealistic.  :)
>
>
> I don't think even rms believes that hardware should be free in that
> sense. 


That's because hardware is tangible.  But what I meant was that in order 
to have open source drivers, there has to be a lot of disclosure of the 
inner workings of the hardware.  That disclosure comes with certain risks.

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