Re: New licence and driver SDK ?
Bill White <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.xfree86.forum |
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| Organization | Griggs Research Institute |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Sven Luther wrote: > A new problem with the new licence was taken to my attention, concerning > the SDK. It seems some files of the SDK, which are linked with the > hardware drivers may be affected by the licence change, which would > preclude pure GPLed third party drivers. I have not really got a dog in this fight, but I did once. Perhaps someone who knows more than I do should see if the 3Dfx code for the tdfx driver is compatible with the new license. Since they (we?) no longer exist, there would be noone to ask to change the licensing, except maybe nVidia. I have no idea whether this is a living issue or not, though I would be quite distressed if I had to go out and buy a new video card just because support for my current card cannot be included in X, because of a license change. -- Codex Gratia Codici http://www.haveyounoshame.org Bill White [email protected] 617-566-7461 (Home) 617-953-4580 (Cell)