• henfredemars
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    5 months ago

    I’ve always thought having proprietary drivers was really weird. Don’t you want people to maintain your code for free?

    • unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
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      5 months ago

      But people wouldn’t buy the newer chip because the previous one would still have support. THAT is why the source is closed. To sell support until the cow is milked enough and then sell a newer version.