On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 00:46 +0100, Christoph Eckert wrote:
Apparently the
main reason Nvidia and ATI cannot open their
source is because they are both knowingly infringing each
others patents.
Sometimes you also cannot open your code because you have
licensed third party code.
This information supposedly comes from anonymous sources at Nvidia.
There are references in the LKML archives. Of course it can't be
verified. Treat it like any other rumor you see on the Internets... ;-)
Lee