[opensuse] vote on Lenovo

[Derek Broughton]

Wulfy wrote:

> Mario Vukelic wrote:
>> The option "Anyone that refuses to carry binary-only drivers, so that
>> all others will also benefit, as it will require documented hardware"
>> was added by a guest, and it's the only sensible option to choose.
>>
>>   
> So you are suggesting;

No.  
> 
> We buy the hardware (company makes profit).
> We don't use the drivers they provide (no hardware acceleration).
> They open source their drivers and hardware specs (exactly WHY would
> they do that?).

Nobody that I have seen has ever asked that hardware specs be open-sourced. 
As for drivers, it's not necessary that _they_ be open-sourced.  If the
hardware manufacturers were to publish a full API for the hardware, OSS
developers would deal with producing the open source drivers. I firmly
believe that it isn't in any hardware company's interest to waste their
resources creating closed-source drivers when they can get unpaid help. 
They don't make a profit from software.
-- 
derek