On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 13:51 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 11:40 -0500, Alan Cox wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 05:10:43PM +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > > > OpenMotif is not free software by the FSF test. You can't for example use it > > > > with proprietary Nvidia drivers loaded. > > > > > > Only if you consider Nvidia's drivers to be integral part of the kernel. > > > I consider them to be optional add-ons/plug-ins. > > > > I asked the open group long ago and the email reply I got was to the contrary > Well, as the same would apply to ATI drivers, this would render > OpenMotif de-facto free of any practical applicability. > > Also, > * this doesn't match to their FAQ, where they claim to be wanting to aim > at OSI compatibility. > * closed source kernel drivers are in existence for quite some time, > some are even being shipped by some Linux vendors, actually basically all sort-of-big linux vendors stopped shipping them for "a variety of reasons". -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
