Intel opens 3D support for Linux!!

[abhishekkulkarni]

Originally Posted by borg

And why is that?. Device drivers are different, the OS is different. Going by ur argument, all the apps that run on the OS should also be OSS or Linux would cease to be open source, by your logic. I don't where we are going with this.

I don't know what people are thinking, but is this some sort of open source fascism?. It seems to me like Microsoft all over again.

Yes , all the apps that are shipped with any Distro HAVE to be FOSS ( Free & Open Source Software ) .


It is not MY logic . I repeat please RTFM - http://www.opensource.org .

Let me quote a few lines from the website here -

Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open-source software must comply with the following criteria:

1. Free Redistribution
The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.

Rationale: By constraining the license to require free redistribution, we eliminate the temptation to throw away many long-term gains in order to make a few short-term sales dollars. If we didn't do this, there would be lots of pressure for cooperators to defect.

@ borg

I said that because of this statement by gxsaurav -

Originally Posted by gxsaurav

linux can excel even with closed source drivers

Now , where does the question of facism come in ???

In the above sentence even the term Linux and 'closed source drivers' are contradictory .
Linux -> Open Source , Closed Source Drivers -> Closed source

How can they ever coexist ?

Please think before commenting on a post ..

@sykora

LOL

@gxsaurav

I agree with you completely .
Linux should be standardised , to make it more freely usable .