Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Creative GPLs X-Fi Sound Card Driver Code

Posted by timothy on from the intelligent-move dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a move that's a win for the free software community, Creative Labs has decided to release their binary Linux driver for the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi and X-Fi Titanium sound cards under the GPL license. This is coming after several failed attempts at delivering a working binary driver and years after these sound cards first hit the market."

2 of 369 comments (clear)

  1. Sound cards are irrelevant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not even gamers buy sound cards anymore. I bet Creative's sound card business is small fries compared to their consumer electronics business.

  2. Re:Soundcards? by MostAwesomeDude · · Score: 5, Informative

    Musicians (like me) will buy better-quality hardware than Creative. :3

    --
    ~ C.