On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 01:45 +0100, Marek Peteraj wrote: > > Of course I would be pretty annoyed if they just drop Linux completely, > > for the same reasons as others in this thread - they have a relationship > > with the community at this point. But I don't think they would be that > > stupid. After all pissing off hundreds of potential customers is just > > as bad an idea as giving valuable IP to the competition. > > Seems i can't convince you on this issue Lee :) > It's _not_ _at_ _all_ as valuable as it might seem. Hey I don't necessarily disagree. I think open hardware would be great and it looks like some might happen. I am just saying that RME designed the hardware, so this is for them to determine. In theory you should be able to patent whatever innovations you make in your hardware design, so you can release open drivers without being ripped off. But IANAL and I have no idea whether it really works this way. Apparently the main reason Nvidia and ATI cannot open their source is because they are both knowingly infringing each others patents. Lee
