En/na Quim Gil ha escrit: > Luca Olivetti wrote: >> Well, yes, but a company that buys chipsets in the millions has a lot >> more bargaining force with its suppliers than a lone hacker in a >> basement, hasn't it? > > In theory yes, in practice the game doesn't work like this. Bargaining > doesn't necessarily help a business ecosystem and a sustainable > relationship. Right, let's say that nokia, as a VIP customer of TI, is in a better position to explain the importance of disclosing specs (so that free drivers can be produced by the community) than a lone hacker in a basement (to whom TI doesn't even sell directly its wares). Obviously only if nokia does get it itself. I understand they fear disclosing the specs would make copying their wares easier, but other manufacturers don't seem to have a problem with that. > Understanding why to opensource is as important as > understanding why a company prefers to keep the code closed. Why > hardware vendors don't provide open source drivers or good documentation > for free? Because they usually can[*] get away with it. [*]could, I hope things are changing > What should change in their business to see a benefit from > opensourcing drivers and documenting hardware? Well, I think (and I may be wrong) that they'll change only when they see that their customers go shopping elsewhere, favouring more open suppliers. I won't personally buy, e.g., any nvidia stuff, and I'll try to avoid anything with broadcom stuff inside (but it is just me). Bye -- Luca _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
