Marc Lavallée a écrit :
Le 17 Août 2005 09:44, cyrille henry a écrit :
B. Bogart a écrit :
honestly I would really love to bring only free software (damn, my nvidia driver would break the rules anyhow...) to piksel.
haha, this is an important point : how many people at pixel will use free driver? moreover : and how many people will use free HARDWARE? i don't think there is a lot's of diference between hardware and software : it's just an other job, but same problematic.
Software can be modified, hardware can't.
hardware can be modified before compilation (before you build it). there is no deference with software. (you can modify a sofware only if you have the source code, you can modify a hardware if you have the shematic)
hardware cost monney, software cost time. i don't see a diference.
It's easier to sell and buy physical goods (like food), but it's easier to share ideas, so harware companies consider their drivers as being part of their hardware. They are so wrong...
when you design a product, the hardware dependent on the software, the software dependent on the hardware. i don't think they are wrong to think drivers is part of the hardware : if nvidia provid free driver, then ATI will exactly know how does the nvidia hardware is made, and they will be able to copy nvidia idea.
One day, we will build our own hardware based on shared ideas and software.
yes. and this day we will be free. not before.
cyrille.
-- Marc
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