Posted by: Flavio Henrique Araque Gurgel
on May 30, 2006 09:42 PM
> If Stallman's reading theis, he's going to take > BIG exception with your description of the > Nvidia drivers as "free,"<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;->
I didn't say that NVidia driver is free but "freely available" that means you're free to use but not to modify. It's terrible in the Stallman's point of view and I agree with him all the time, but manufacturer's of open sourced drivers (like Intel) sells their display adapters at higher prices then NVidia here in Brazil where I live. So it's a matter of freedom for me to pay less to have good graphic results. At the price of a closed source driver.
> Amazingly to me, I'm getting a little that way > myself. "Once you build a Debian box, it will > be yours forever." Whoopi Cat
Thanks for the comments and be happy in your Debian box!
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Re:Nvidia Free?
Posted by: Flavio Henrique Araque Gurgel on May 30, 2006 09:42 PM> BIG exception with your description of the
> Nvidia drivers as "free,"<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;->
I didn't say that NVidia driver is free but "freely available" that means you're free to use but not to modify. It's terrible in the Stallman's point of view and I agree with him all the time, but manufacturer's of open sourced drivers (like Intel) sells their display adapters at higher prices then NVidia here in Brazil where I live. So it's a matter of freedom for me to pay less to have good graphic results. At the price of a closed source driver.
> Amazingly to me, I'm getting a little that way
> myself. "Once you build a Debian box, it will
> be yours forever." Whoopi Cat
Thanks for the comments and be happy in your Debian box!
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