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Subject: [Discuss] open source graphics drivers
From: richard.pieri at gmail.com (Richard Pieri)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:25:29 -0400
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Tom Metro wrote:
> I haven't heard whether nVidia making their code open will take the
> enthusiasm out of the open source driver, making it seem redundant. Will
> the licensing be different? Will the open source driver offer other
> benefits?

nVidia isn't opening up their source code (not that I've heard). They're 
opening up the hardware documentation. The benefits for Nouveau should 
be obvious.

-- 
Rich P.

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