On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:39:19AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > ----- Forwarded message from Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > Delivery-date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:16:37 +0100 > X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: >http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/doc/ch-hardware-req.en.html > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:19:08 +0000 (GMT) > From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Says: > ========= > Some hardware manufacturers simply won't tell us how > to write drivers for their hardware. Others won't allow us access to the > documentation without a non-disclosure agreement that would prevent us > from releasing the Linux source code. One example is the IBM > laptop DSP sound system used in recent ThinkPad systems ? some > of these systems also couple the sound system to the modem. > > > IBM released mwave GPL drivers and info a long time back now, and its in > the base kernel. Pick a newer evil example - say Nvidia ?
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