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Matt Hartley Doesn't Understand Why We Need Open Graphics Drivers
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| The reason is simple: Skype is an application. In general, the Linux
| developers don't have a problem with closed-source applications for their
| platform, as long as they don't have to use those applications. Think of
| software as a tree structure: the kernel is the trunk of the tree, libraries
| are branches, applications are leaves. Nothing depends on the leaves, not
| even the other leaves. Remove Skype, and the system keeps working. Not so
| with the nVidia driver. It's right in the middle of the main output path of
| the entire system.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2008/7/16/45937
Recent:
How NVidia impedes Free Desktop adoption.
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| nvidia.ko: The NVidia driver is the single component in a KDE4 / Free
| Operating system stack causing us most of the hard-to-solve problems. In
| other words, nvidia.ko has grave technical shortcomings.
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http://vizzzion.org/?blogentry=819
Linux Kernel Developers Call for Open Source Drivers - Weakly
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| I just wish that the kernel developers could lead with less equivocation.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2008/6/23/44265
Kernel space: drivers that don't make the kernel scene
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| Linux supports most hardware "out of the box" without adding a driver. Most
| of the missing drivers are proprietary, from uncooperative manufacturers, but
| there are a few where the license is right but the actual code is still
| missing. Why?
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/062408-kernel.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Linux Foundation points finger at Nvidia
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| Though a statement issued Monday does not cite Nvidia by name, Linux
| Foundation Technical Advisory Board Chair James Bottomley cited Nvidia in a
| phone interview. "My intent is to point out the problems Nvidia has been
| causing themselves with their binary-only (drivers)," he said. "They are
| certainly one of the few companies sticking to a binary-only strategy."
| Binary-only means the drivers are essentially closed.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9975720-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Position Statement on Linux Kernel Modules
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Kernel_Driver_Statement
NVidia says no to request to release open source drivers, once again
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| Nvidia reiterated that it won’t provide open source drivers for Linux because
| the company claims there is no need for it.
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| Nvidia provides binary Linux drivers and has open sourced some drivers such
| as the nv X driver and other utilities that work with the proprietary driver,
| including the installer, config and settings.The company is a leading
| provider of graphics cards and software for the desktop and embraces a cross
| platform strategy.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2588
Nvidia "opens can of whoop-ass" on itself
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| Nvidia is going to lose gobs and gobs of market share this year. They are
| effectively out of notebooks, will lose the high end in days, don't have
| anything close to a competitive line-up, have higher costs than ATI, and have
| to shell out money to keep partners alive. If you think this is bad, wait a
| little.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/02/nvidia-opens-whoop-ass-itself
How Closed Does Nvid[i]a want to Be?
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| Not so much staying closed, as closing down....
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-closed-does-nvida-want-to-be.html
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