Re:How we wound up with Linux's kernel mode setting ('KMS')
by rwmj on Sunday June 19, 2022 @07:41AM
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> At some point Nvidia, the last interesting closed source holdout & throwback to a bygone era, will cave and open source their damn driver
I hope so but I don't think it's likely. It's all about money, and it seems like for them there's no benefit and only downsides, such as making it easier for other companies to sue over patent infringements, make it a little easier to clone "their" technologies, having to rearrange their development processes etc. (All of these things would be good for the world, my question is why it would be good for Nvidia.) Also I don't think they really feel any pain at the moment. They've got their shim.
I hope so but I don't think it's likely. It's all about money, and it seems like for them there's no benefit and only downsides, such as making it easier for other companies to sue over patent infringements, make it a little easier to clone "their" technologies, having to rearrange their development processes etc. (All of these things would be good for the world, my question is why it would be good for Nvidia.) Also I don't think they really feel any pain at the moment. They've got their shim.