Re: Re: [XFree86] Call for Beta Testers - SciTech SNAP Graphics for Linux!
Mark Vojkovich <[email protected]>
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Alan Hourihane wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:58:32AM -0800, Kendall Bennett wrote: > > Alan Hourihane <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > AFAIK XFree86 has and always will be open to proprietry developers using > > > > and contributing to the code. If XFree86 has plans to act like a GPL > > > > project, we might as well take our technology elsewhere. > > > > > > Hey, my point being if people switch to your binary drivers and > > > people end up doing more testing for them - how on earth are we > > > going to get open source drivers written and tested here? > > > > Recall about three years ago that SciTech made an offer to the XFree86 > > group that if there was interest in switching to our device driver model, > > that we would donate our code to XFree86. That offer was turned down, so > > we continued down our current path. > > Sorry, I don't recall that ever happening. But then if it was 3 years > ago, it was definately long long ago. > > I remember it. There was no reason for XFree86 to switch. It meant more work and limitations for XFree86 and less work for SciTech. Mark.