Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:00:32 +0000
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
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       Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/5] Intel Poulsbo/Morrestown DRM driver and DRM core
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> > By the same logic, would you support including the proprietary NVIDIA
> > driver while we wait for Nouveau to catch up?
> 
> The license of the NVIDIA driver does not allow that to even be a
> possibility.

I'm not convinced this is any different. If you accept the 3D changes you
step into a dangerous world of estoppel and since it has many
rightsholders also the wonderful world of contributory infringement. It
really really needs lawyers to look into it.

Now the other way to do it that might be more productive and simpler
would be to rip all the 3D crap out of that driver and just include the
minimum needed 2D bits for the open source X driver. Makes the code
smaller and cleaner, avoids an legal questions and lets people get on
with real work.

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