Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422728AbWLVL7Y (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:59:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422881AbWLVL7Y (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:59:24 -0500 Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:26393 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1422728AbWLVL7X (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:59:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:59:21 +0100 From: Erik Mouw To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Giuseppe Bilotta , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Open letter to Linux kernel developers (was Re: Binary Drivers) Message-ID: <20061222115921.GT3073@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <200612162007.32110.marekw1977@yahoo.com.au> <4587097D.5070501@opensound.com> <13yc6wkb4m09f$.e9chic96695b.dlg@40tude.net> <200612211816.kBLIGFdf024664@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200612211816.kBLIGFdf024664@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 989 Lines: 22 On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 01:16:15PM -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > At least nVidia *does* actually Get It, they just don't have a choice in > implementing it, because all their current hardware includes patents that > they licensed from other companies (I believe some of the OpenGL stuff that > originated at SGI and got bought by Microsoft is involved, but I have no > hard references for actual patent numbers). And then they have the big > problem - do they keep using the patent in order to boost performance, > or no? Wasn't the whole idea about patents that you publish your invention? Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/