Driver for freedesktop.org's X-Server

tejecske · 02-18-04, 10:01 PM

Hi

Due to the recent licensing problems with the XFree86, the major distributions will be ship without the new versions of it. So the people with nvidia cards (we), got intrested in if NVidia plans providing (closed or open-source) drivers for another X-Server implementations, like the fredesktop.org's.
I'd like just to know.

Moled · 02-18-04, 10:19 PM

1. open source isn't going to happen
2. the xfree people may see the error of their ways
3. freedesktop.org will eventually end up as the standard, so I think we *should* get drivers eventually if nvidia are sane
4. is freedesktop.org's xserver in a stable state?

bahamot · 02-18-04, 10:32 PM

I think Nvidia not that moron to not release driver for freedesktop.org's new Xserver...

stefan42 · 02-19-04, 06:04 AM

Please excuse my ignorance, but could someone summarize what the current status of all the X'es is?
The facts I know so far reduce to:
XFree 4.4 comes with a licence that might not be compatible with GPL. What new features does 4.4 cover? Why does it affect the distributions? Suse can bundle sun's java wich has a license that isn't compatible with GPL either. Is it a real problem or just something the distributors don't like?

What's the state of X.org, freedesktop.org? Can either be used yet? [Guessing from this poll's topic I believe that NVidia's drivers won't work for them though]

Thanks for the clarification,
Stefan

View Poll Results: Do we need more drivers?
No, this one is enought.	0	0%
Yes, for every X-Server	10	71.43%
Yes, but open source	1	7.14%
No, just one open source (we will fork it for every X)	3	21.43%
Voters: 14. You may not vote on this poll

02-18-04, 10:01 PM	#1
tejecske Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Villány, Hungary Posts: 1	Driver for freedesktop.org's X-Server Hi Due to the recent licensing problems with the XFree86, the major distributions will be ship without the new versions of it. So the people with nvidia cards (we), got intrested in if NVidia plans providing (closed or open-source) drivers for another X-Server implementations, like the fredesktop.org's. I'd like just to know. __________________ Attila Jecs The w/ELDER

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02-18-04, 10:19 PM	#2
Moled cheese Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 137	1. open source isn't going to happen 2. the xfree people may see the error of their ways 3. freedesktop.org will eventually end up as the standard, so I think we should get drivers eventually if nvidia are sane 4. is freedesktop.org's xserver in a stable state?

02-18-04, 10:32 PM	#3
bahamot Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 161	I think Nvidia not that moron to not release driver for freedesktop.org's new Xserver...

02-19-04, 06:04 AM	#4
stefan42 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 51	Please excuse my ignorance, but could someone summarize what the current status of all the X'es is? The facts I know so far reduce to: XFree 4.4 comes with a licence that might not be compatible with GPL. What new features does 4.4 cover? Why does it affect the distributions? Suse can bundle sun's java wich has a license that isn't compatible with GPL either. Is it a real problem or just something the distributors don't like? What's the state of X.org, freedesktop.org? Can either be used yet? [Guessing from this poll's topic I believe that NVidia's drivers won't work for them though] Thanks for the clarification, Stefan