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SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register)SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register)Posted Aug 5, 2003 23:25 UTC (Tue) by rknop (guest, #66)In reply to: SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register) by coriordan Parent article: SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register) Kernel choice would be a great thing. On the other hand, the huge focus on Linux has given Linux a lot of device drivers. How good is the FreeBSD device driver support? For instance, are there DRI modules for the FreeBSD kernel that work with XFree86 4 and (say) Radeon cards? Also, though the GNU project may not like it, "Linux" is what has received the name recognition amongst the general world. A huge amount of ground will be lost if we have to generalize that and explain that we're generalizing it. -Rob
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SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register) Posted Aug 5, 2003 23:47 UTC (Tue) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link] > the huge focus on Linux has given Linux a lot of device driversIt's certainly an important point but the Linux and FreeBSD guys can at least look at eachothers code. (when the drivers are free software) > "Linux" is what has received the name recognition The importance of the term "GNU/Linux" is not an all or nothing issue, it's the more the merrier. If people don't hear about the GNU project, we are more likely to end up with 80% proprietary "Linux" OSs in ten years time. Back near square one. > A huge amount of ground will be lost if we have to generalize There's no point getting the message to a larger audience if we distort the message in the process. Do we want free software, studyable file formats, and usable protocols? or do we want people to run Linux-based OSs? How hard it is to get the message across doesn't mean we should change the message. Ciaran O'Riordan
SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register) Posted Aug 6, 2003 0:11 UTC (Wed) by trutkin (guest, #3919) [Link] Well, no. The Linux guys can look at the BSD code, but the BSD guys can't look at the Linux code. License issues. Let's not start a flame war though.
SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register) Posted Aug 6, 2003 0:24 UTC (Wed) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link] > the BSD guys can't look at the Linux codeCopyright covers copying, not looking. From looking, comes knowledge and understanding, these are also beyond the scope of copyright.
SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register) Posted Aug 6, 2003 2:22 UTC (Wed) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link] Looking at and copying are different things. But let's not start a flame war ;)
SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register) Posted Aug 6, 2003 0:32 UTC (Wed) by DaveK (subscriber, #2531) [Link] > It's certainly an important point but the Linux and FreeBSD guys can at least look at> eachothers code. (when the drivers are free software) Better that the BSD guys don't look inside Linux. They might look at the code that SCO contests - especially if they don't know where it is, and at this point they become contaminated, and any work they undertake thereafter would become a potentially contestable 'derived work', and the cycle repeats. but IANAL.
SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register) Posted Aug 8, 2003 0:04 UTC (Fri) by daenzer (subscriber, #7050) [Link] > For instance, are there DRI modules for the FreeBSD kernel that work with> XFree86 4 and (say) Radeon cards? Yes, as well as with most other DRI supported cards. :) The DRM as shipped with XFree86 4.3 works on FreeBSD, the one in current DRI CVS on NetBSD as well, and I believe there are patches for OpenBSD. Most of the hardware-dependent code is shared between OSs.
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