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From: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@...>
To: Jeffrey 'jf' Lim <jfs.world@...>
Cc: OpenBSD general usage list <misc@...>
Subject: Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development Initiative"
Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - 1:25 pm

> http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/pressroom/pressrelease.jsp?press_rele...


Developers don't need web sites.  They need pdf files documenting the

chips.


Contrast Via's web site to the following:


	 http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home 


It took us a very long time to get Sun to do this, and it was totally

worth it.  It is kind of strange to us to have Sun suddenly be the

perfect example of openness.


Pay close attention to how VIA is only talking about their newest

flashiest chips, too.
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"VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development Init..., Jeffrey 'jf' Lim, (Wed Apr 9, 5:31 am)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., James Crutchfield, (Tue May 6, 8:05 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Peter_APIIT, (Wed Apr 9, 10:28 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Theo de Raadt, (Wed Apr 9, 1:25 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., frantisek holop, (Wed Apr 9, 3:07 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Zbigniew Baniewski, (Wed Apr 9, 4:57 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Jacob Meuser, (Wed Apr 9, 6:49 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Zbigniew Baniewski, (Wed Apr 9, 7:11 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Jacob Meuser, (Wed Apr 9, 8:08 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Zbigniew Baniewski, (Wed Apr 9, 9:41 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Alexandre Ratchov, (Thu Apr 10, 3:36 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Zbigniew Baniewski, (Thu Apr 10, 3:47 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Alexandre Ratchov, (Thu Apr 10, 4:25 pm)
Resampling? [was: "VIA Announces..."], Zbigniew Baniewski, (Thu Apr 10, 6:17 pm)
Re: Resampling? [was: "VIA Announces..."], Alexandre Ratchov, (Fri Apr 11, 7:55 am)
envy24-based card for OpenBSD [was: "VIA Announces..."], Zbigniew Baniewski, (Thu Apr 10, 5:20 pm)
Re: envy24-based card for OpenBSD [was: "VIA Announces..."], Alexandre Ratchov, (Fri Apr 11, 7:57 am)
Re: envy24-based card for OpenBSD [was: "VIA Announces..."], Jacob Meuser, (Fri Apr 11, 5:03 pm)
Re: envy24-based card for OpenBSD [was: "VIA Announces..."], Zbigniew Baniewski, (Thu Apr 10, 6:42 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Zbigniew Baniewski, (Thu Apr 10, 4:59 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Jeffrey 'jf' Lim, (Wed Apr 9, 10:16 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., bofh, (Wed Apr 9, 3:35 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., frantisek holop, (Wed Apr 9, 4:12 pm)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Henning Brauer, (Fri Apr 11, 8:32 am)
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development ..., Hannah Schroeter, (Thu Apr 10, 7:53 am)