"lawsuits against end-users would be a massively unprofitable prospect."
I know it's the difference in between Copyrights and Patents... But the RIAA and MPAA could benefit from following this statement, as well as perhaps opening some of their other works to the public domain. FREE THE MUSIC, DOWN WITH COPYRIGHTS AND PATENTS!
www.xig.com offers what I have found to be the ONLY fully functional ATI Driver I have found that works great with Tux Racer and every other 3D OpenGL app that I have thrown at it. It is called their Summit Series. It can be trial(25 or so minutes maximum) installed on nearly any linux kernel 2.4 and up. The MAJOR DOWNSIDE is that it's full install is $39-$89USD, only the Gold and Platinum have OpenGL. It essentially replaces the current running XFree or Xorg server and runs it's own. Just thought I'd offer a little help. Perhaps Xi Graphics could be...... alerted to the vast interest in a FREE or NEARLY FREE open driver for ATI cards. Lower the cost and get a massive/. following?
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"lawsuits against end-users would be a massively unprofitable prospect."
I know it's the difference in between Copyrights and Patents... But the RIAA and MPAA could benefit from following this statement, as well as perhaps opening some of their other works to the public domain. FREE THE MUSIC, DOWN WITH COPYRIGHTS AND PATENTS!
www.xig.com offers what I have found to be the ONLY fully functional ATI Driver I have found that works great with Tux Racer and every other 3D OpenGL app that I have thrown at it. It is called their Summit Series. It can be trial(25 or so minutes maximum) installed on nearly any linux kernel 2.4 and up. The MAJOR DOWNSIDE is that it's full install is $39-$89USD, only the Gold and Platinum have OpenGL. It essentially replaces the current running XFree or Xorg server and runs it's own. Just thought I'd offer a little help. Perhaps Xi Graphics could be... ... alerted to the vast interest in a FREE or NEARLY FREE open driver for ATI cards. Lower the cost and get a massive /. following?