ethical ubuntu

[Lee Revell]

On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 16:04 +1000, Alexander Jacob Tsykin wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 June 2006 08:39, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 08:19 +1000, Alexander Jacob Tsykin wrote:
> > > On the other hand, not accepting them makes your computer unusable if
> > > you use it for anything involving 3d, and Nvidia haven't done anything
> > > too horrible that I know about, so I'm willing to accept their binary
> > > only drivers.
> >
> > Yes, it's a choice between convenience and freedom.  Not to mention that
> > many of the kernel developers consider the Nvidia driver to be a
> > violation of their copyright.
> >
> > Lots of people have no use for 3D anyway.
> >
> Whether the Nvidia driver is a violation of their copyright is a matter for 
> the lawyers, and I'm sure they'll settle it appropriately.
> 
> As for the usefulness of 3D, I do have a use for it, which is all that's 
> important in this case. As for others, they will have to decide for 
> themselves, but I do not think many would choose not to use the Nvidia 
> drivers.

This thread is about ethics, not what's useful.

Lee