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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:23:16 +0200
From: Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@aitel.hist.no>
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To: Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: nVidia stuff again
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Dave Airlie wrote:

>The main reasons they don't like open source is from where I'm
>standing, their IP lawyers and probably not being able to do sneaky
>hacks in the driver because people can see them..
>
>  
>
Well . . . if *that* is a reason for disliking open source then the 
problem is solved.
We don't really need the source for their driver with the sneaky hacks 
exposed.
They could keep a proprietary driver with nasty hacks, and release a 
simplified
one (basically the same code with those hacks removed) along with the 
specs. 
Open source developers can then add their own hacks if need be.

Helge Hafting
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