Comments on: Open Source R5XX Driver http://www.linuxgames.com/archives/9227 Embrace your Inner Penguin Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:38:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: http://www.linuxgames.com/archives/9227/comment-page-1#comment-217321 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:02:18 +0000 #comment-217321 Open source is not Communism.
And its about an NDA agreement, not an Open Source License.

I think the Open source ATI drivers are starting to look up.

]]> By: http://www.linuxgames.com/archives/9227/comment-page-1#comment-217105 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:27:11 +0000 #comment-217105 Are you serious?! There are so many errors in your post that I don’t know where to begin! Lets start with the statement that it’s AMD’s choice. Wonderful, you spotted something obvious and stated it, good for you. I don’t think it was ever disputed in the above post that AMD absolutly HAS to release the source or even specs. They said that it would be respectful of them to, and that makes sense. Linux is a free kernel with free software built around it. The number of foss projects far outweigh the number of proprietary projects. The community is mainly about free software and using the source as you like. Thus, it would be RESPECTFUL to adhere to what the free software community does, modify and use free projects. Granted, there are a few people who would demand that everything be free, however they are a limited number of people. Further, since AMD has the freedom to only release the propretary driver, we all have the freedom (atleast in this country we have freedom of speech, perhaps there are some nations where this would be unacceptable) to tell them that it blows goat, and we would like to see it free, or at least have published specs (which is exactly what was done in the above post). Next is your analogy to communism, how does communism (and i’m talking about Marx’s version of it as is written in the communist manifesto, not Lennin’s screwey authoritarian communism [or state-captilism which is more what it was in practice]) force only one way of thinking? Communism is about maximum social freedom and minimal exploitation (as in minimizing exploitation done by the usual market workplace, enforced by our class structure [yes we have different classes, just a really big middle class in developed nations]). Can you please tell me where you read or heared that commmunism is about only one way of thinking, becuase it was most-likely not from a communist. If you site an authorian communist, then you are comparing apples to oranges, as we can then site authoritarian captialist states, let’s compare democratic communism to democratic capitalism. Also remember we are talking about ideals, not actual states as no state tends to keep things pure. If your intent in the subject line was to compare open source to a communist state, please state which state you are talking about. Lastly, exactly what do you think Hugo Chavez’s concept of freedom is? You have to realize, the big media tends to only repeate what the predential administration says, not what happens in reality, that’s why we have acedemic papers.

]]> By: http://www.linuxgames.com/archives/9227/comment-page-1#comment-216961 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:21:45 +0000 #comment-216961 I don’t like the statement in the news.
If AMD don’t want to release their driver with an Open Source License, it is a CHOICE.
As far as they provide the driver for multiple OS like Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, this is good.

Open Source is like communism : they are talking about freedom but only want a way of thinking. That make me laugh, I am thinking about Hugo Chavez and his concept of freedom…

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