[Discuss] open source graphics drivers

Richard Pieri richard.pieri at gmail.com
Tue Oct 29 14:25:29 EDT 2013


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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