porting from SGIs to Linux?

[Jeremy Kolb]

You are assuming that a loaded module is part of the kernel then.

Jeremy

Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 January 2005 17:54, Jon Trulson wrote:
> 
>>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Alan Cox wrote:
>>
>>>On Sul, 2005-01-09 at 20:09, Peter Bismuti wrote:
>>>
>>>>a free version.  Just pay for the commercial version?  Port everything
>>>>supported by Mesa, i.e. LessTiff?  This is a lot of work I'd prefer
>>>>not to
>>>>have to do.
>>>
>>>OpenMotif is the commercial motif and it's free if you are using an
>>>open-source OS (ie for Linux in pretty much any case except when you are
>>>using the Nvidia binary video drivers which might be borderline).
>>
>>         Actually as I pointed out to you some time ago alan, the Xserver
>>makes no difference.  Please check the FAQ on the TOG website if you still
>>disbelieve me.  It is quite clear.  Under linux, OpenMotif can be freely
>>used.  I do not understand why you keep trying to convince (ie: scare)
>>others with this FUD, other than I guess you *really* dislike closed
>>source drivers.  I do not believe the OP was interested in a religeous
>>discussion.
> 
> 
> At the risk of continuing a religious discussion, the FAQ really isn't clear 
> on this:
> 
> ---
> QUESTION:
> 
> How does The Open Group define the term "Operating System" Does this apply to 
> the kernel or the complete distribution?
> 
> ANSWER:
> 
> The Open Group's intent is that this applies only to the kernel of the 
> operating system, without regard to any bundled utilities or application 
> software. [...]
> ---
> 
> It's not at all clear to me that a kernel that includes nvidia's closed kernel 
> driver (or those from matrox or ati or 3dlabs or...) qualify as "open source 
> kernels", particularly given the definition being used for Open Source: 
> "software for which the source code is available without confidential or 
> trade secret restrictions and for which the source code and object code are 
> available for distribution without license charges."
> 
> $ head -n 9 NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c
> /* _NVRM_COPYRIGHT_BEGIN_
>  *
>  * Copyright 1999-2001 by NVIDIA Corporation.  All rights reserved.  All
>  * information contained herein is proprietary and confidential to NVIDIA
>  * Corporation.  Any use, reproduction, or disclosure without the written
>  * permission of NVIDIA Corporation is prohibited.
>  *
>  * _NVRM_COPYRIGHT_END_
>  */
> 
> That doesn't look like non-confidential source to me.
> 
> - ajax
> 
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