[ros-dev] My attitude

[Magnus Olsen]

Not really dlink give out drv under gpl for linux
kiss dvd manyfactory using sigmadesign decoder chip
in some dvd player and they giving out there driver as gpl.  And some other
manyfactor both for windows and linux.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Andrews" <jon at jonshouse.co.uk>
To: "ReactOS Development List" <ros-dev at reactos.org>
Sent: den 5 December 2005 21:55
Subject: Re: [ros-dev] My attitude


> On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 20:18 +0000, TwoTailedFox wrote:
> > I can see IBM supporting us, since their last Good OS, OS/2, is now
> > efectively dead. I don't see some companies like Sun, or Novell,
> > supporting us, since they already have a vested interest in an
> > Operating System
> >
> > What I'd really like to see are Hardware Manufacturers getting behind
> > us. Realtek, nVIDIA, ATi, Intel, AMD, VIA, etc, could all be
> > approached, and ask for collaboration on writing GPL Drivers (Although
> > nVIDIA is notoriously skeptical about open-source)
> >
>
> Im sorry, snot came out of my nose laughing when I read this...... If
> you think ANY Manufacturer is going to back an open source windows clone
> when they wont even touch a FreeBSD, let alone a Liux then you are not
> living in the real world.
>
> If you want pure GPL then it is best NOT to contact these people and
> ask, if by some miracle they sent you any data you would probably find
> that you are in breech of NDA if you use it.
>
> Out of your list only VIA will give out data on request, and thats only
> data for devices that don't do multimedia.
>
> Jon
>
>
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