Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > linux.debian.user > #183855
| From | Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: video driver? |
| Date | 2017-07-18 20:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <u4FpU-5Rx-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <u4kEO-1f3-31@gated-at.bofh.it> <u4lrl-1Mq-125@gated-at.bofh.it> <u4rwC-5zU-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <u4typ-6Oe-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <u4yoq-1lh-31@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 07/18/2017 05:52 AM, RavenLX wrote: > On 07/18/2017 01:43 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: >> On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:38:55 -0500 >> Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote: >> >> Hello Doug, >> >>> I get so sick of this! Did you PAY for your nvidia software? No? then >> >> Anyone that buys an nVidia chipset GFX card pays for the nVidia >> drivers - >> whether they use them, or not. >> >>> it was FREE! >> >> No, it wasn't. Cost is hidden, but is still there. >> >> In any case, the 'free' that Teemu was referring to was freeDOM. That >> is, the restrictions the nVidia license places upon the buyer. > > This poses an interesting question: Why would a company keep something > proprietary such as a driver? In my mind, those that *can* make use of > it, like you said, already bought the product that has the chip. Those > that haven't bought the product thus would not be able to use the > driver anyway. So logically speaking, a driver that is not proprietary > (ie. is open source) really can't be used by anyone other than someone > who already paid the company anyway. > > As a programmer, I don't think many (if any) would be able to say, > reverse-engineer a chip or device, etc. and replicate it just by > looking at programming code (unless I'm mistaken)? > > My point is that most of the folks who complain about code not being free to modify are not capable of modifying it, so why do they complain? Your point is interesting. I would guess that the company does not open source their driver because a modified version might become freely available, with the company's name still on it, and be inferior to what the company originally supplied, thus giving the company a black eye, so to speak. --doug
Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
video driver? "D. R. Evans" <doc.evans@gmail.com> - 2017-07-17 22:20 +0200
Re: video driver? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-17 22:40 +0200
Re: video driver? Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2017-07-17 22:50 +0200
Re: video driver? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-07-17 23:10 +0200
Re: video driver? Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-18 05:40 +0200
Re: video driver? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2017-07-18 07:50 +0200
Re: video driver? RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-07-18 13:00 +0200
Re: video driver? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2017-07-18 14:20 +0200
Re: video driver? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-18 15:50 +0200
Re: video driver? Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-18 20:30 +0200
Free software (was: video driver?) Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-07-18 21:00 +0200
Re: Free software Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2017-07-19 02:20 +0200
Re: Free software Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2017-07-19 02:50 +0200
Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-19 03:30 +0200
Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-19 02:50 +0200
Re: Free software Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-19 03:40 +0200
Re: Free software rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-07-19 14:10 +0200
Re: Free software Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-20 00:10 +0200
Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-19 06:00 +0200
Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-19 06:40 +0200
Re: Free software <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-19 10:40 +0200
Re: Free software Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-07-19 10:50 +0200
Re: Free software Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-07-20 00:50 +0200
Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-20 01:10 +0200
Re: Free software Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-07-20 02:00 +0200
Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-20 03:30 +0200
Re: Free software rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-07-20 13:40 +0200
Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-20 15:00 +0200
Re: Free software David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-07-20 22:50 +0200
Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-20 20:50 +0200
Re: Free software Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-07-21 02:30 +0200
Re: Free software Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-20 00:20 +0200
Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-20 03:10 +0200
Re: Free software Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-22 04:00 +0200
Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-22 05:50 +0200
Re: Free software Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-22 07:10 +0200
Re: Free software rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-07-22 13:30 +0200
Re: Free software Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-07-22 14:50 +0200
Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-22 17:00 +0200
Re: Free software Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2017-07-20 13:40 +0200
Re: video driver? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2017-07-18 21:20 +0200
Re: video driver? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-18 21:30 +0200
Re: video driver? Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-07-18 22:10 +0200
Re: video driver? "tomas@tuxteam.de" <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-18 22:30 +0200
Re: video driver? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-19 02:20 +0200
Re: video driver? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-19 02:00 +0200
Re: video driver? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-07-18 21:40 +0200
csiph-web