On 03-Jan-2006, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
I wish there were some clear solution to this issue....
There is, simply not supporting companies that refuse to give specifications to their hardware, and nagging them to release these specs.
Which is not a solution unless everyone else does the same.
The OpenBSD community has been very sucessfull in this regard, and it is a bit of a shame that the GNU project, the FSF and FSFE have been a bit lacking.
How can "the GNU project, the FSF and FSFE" do more in the "not supporting [proprietary 3D hardware companies]" regard? AFAIK, none of them "support" those companies already. Is there something else "lacking"? If so, you haven't stated it.
As for Linux, that's certainly a sore spot. Many kernel developers are happy dealing with the devil. Fortunately, there are also many like Greg Kroah-Hartman:
URL:http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/stable_api_nonsense.html URL:http://zgp.org/pipermail/linux-elitists/2005-October/011317.html URL:http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/11/21/