Re: nvidia

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Rahul Sundaram wrote:

> The distinction between commercial and FOSS is a false one. You mean
> proprietary or non-free software. There is a lot of commercial FOSS
> applications and products available today.

I didn't mean to imply that...  But, it is also unfair to automatically
label free (as in no cost) proprietary software as "bad".

> Neither offers guarantees but Free software offers more choice and
> flexibility if a vendor decides to cut off support for a product.

And a good vendor won't do that.

I wish you wouldn't use the term "Free Software" as it is open to
interpretation of what one means by "Free".

> 
>>> This is apart from the legal issues involved in combining non-free
>>> modules and the Linux kernel for a distribution.
>>
>> I must have missed that part of the discussion.  I didn't notice it
>> was part
>> of the discussion that nvidia drivers or ATI drivers be made part of a
>> distro.
> 
> Read back. That indeed is a major thrust of the discussion.

Too many tangents.


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