On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 01:16:15PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At least nVidia *does* actually Get It, they just don't have a choice in > implementing it, because all their current hardware includes patents that > they licensed from other companies (I believe some of the OpenGL stuff that > originated at SGI and got bought by Microsoft is involved, but I have no > hard references for actual patent numbers). And then they have the big > problem - do they keep using the patent in order to boost performance, > or no?
Wasn't the whole idea about patents that you publish your invention? Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
