--- Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 16:37 -0700, Frank Tanner III > wrote: > > You have your beliefs and I have mine. And mine > is > > that people deserve to try to make a living off of > > their code, hardware, service they provide. > > Do not invert roles here, mister. > > *You* said they have a right to make money, and *I* > said they have a > right to try to make money. > > > The *REASON* their driver is proprietary and has > > "black box" components is SIMPLE. There are > > proprietary pieces of code in the video card > itself. > > These drivers need to access these pieces of code. > > > The drivers would have enough information in them > to > > deduce exactly what the code in the card is doing. > > > So, in effect, they would be, in effect, "giving > away" > > their proprietaty card stored on the video card > > itself. > > This is bullshit. The reason, stated so by NVIDIA a > few times, seems to > be related to software patents. > > > choice. Me? I will use their cards, and their > > drivers, because I like their products. > > Do you like MACROVISION? I hope you do, because you > get it, wether you > like it or not. > > Rui > I guess that's the difference between you and I. I don't attempt to pirate video using my NVidia card, so Macrovision protection doesn't matter to me. ===== -------------------------------------------------------------- "Never memorize what you can look up." -Albert Einstein
