nvidia

[Ed Greshko]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
> 
>>
>> Well...nvidia drivers are "free" as no cost.  So, I'm confused.
> 
> Look up the definition of non-free software.

Who's definition?  When a term can be ambiguous it is of little value to me.

>> You say "Free software projects" but I think you mean "OpenSource" or
>> maybe
>> your definition of "Free" is different than mine.
> 
> Free as in freedom. Not free as in gratis.
> 
>> While an opensouce project "can" route around such damage it doesn't mean
>> they "will".
> 
> The opportunity is clearly more. That certainly counts as an advantage
> especially for distributions who have to fix bugs or include enhancements.

The opportunity may be there...but it doesn't mean (at least to me) that it
counts as a slam dunk advantage.  Sorry, I tend not to be overly religious
on these sort of issues.