From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 17 00:50:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE08016A4CE; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:50:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from leguin.anholt.net (69-30-77-85.dq1sn.easystreet.com [69.30.77.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56B0B43D48; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:50:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: from leguin.anholt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by leguin.anholt.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0H0ogNW000920; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:50:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: (from anholt@localhost) by leguin.anholt.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0H0ofjT000919; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:50:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: leguin.anholt.net: anholt set sender to eta@lclark.edu using -f From: Eric Anholt To: Oliver Lehmann In-Reply-To: <20050115140754.78e2fc7d.oliver@FreeBSD.org> References: <200501132054.j0DKsIqQ023076@freefall.freebsd.org> <20050114172824.67139826.oliver@FreeBSD.org> <1105735652.846.3.camel@leguin> <20050115140754.78e2fc7d.oliver@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:50:41 -0800 Message-Id: <1105923041.863.2.camel@leguin> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/75666: add Matrox MGA Driver to xorg-server X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:50:50 -0000 On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 14:07 +0100, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Eric Anholt wrote: > > > What would be even nicer is figuring out which of the hunks of Matrox's > > patch would cause a performance improvement, so it can get integrated > > upstream and everyone can benefit without having to do an mess like the > > nvidia driver that gets broken on a regular basis. The diff is pretty > > small if you do diff -bu > > I think that the same licence which prevents the x-team for merging the > stuff matrox provides back into their source, would prevent modifying the > xorg mga driver in any other way based on the matrox sources. Last time I tried to ask Matrox legal about redistributing, I got no response. However, given that these are open-source changes to an open-source driver, they would probably accept integration under the normal license if we could just get someone's attention. The reason for the HAL and this whole mess, according to them, is that they can't open-source the access to those features because of licensed IP, not because they actually want the driver to be closed. -- Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org