New ATI Driver - they can't

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 22 July 2007, manchicken wrote:
>On Sunday 22 July 2007 12:03:07 Dexter Filmore wrote:
>> It would be an infringement to document a patent protected piece of
>> hardware by revealing what makes it tick in a open source driver.
>> Totally would.
>
>Doesn't mean they couldn't offer a patent license, patent protection, or
>promise to look the other way.
>
Uh huh, and what if ATI are in fact the infringers?  That would also be 
considered poor form, and to be hidden away at all costs.

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Cheers, Gene
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