On Saturday 25 February 2006 20:09, Gene Heskett wrote: > Sure, thats so ridiculous an example its sublime, but those are the > facts that the chip makers must deal with on a global scale. Its much > easier for them to furnish a binary only driver that enforces the rules > for the region where the chip will be used. But that is exactly the point. A binary only driver does not enforce something. It can easily be run though a disassembler, hooked at kernel level, modified with a hexeditor, rewritten as opensource... It is not worth the pain. -- Greetings Michael.
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