VIA uploads graphics core driver source code

I would've expected a bit more clue from lxer. Any half glance would've uncovered the shallowness of this press release. From the likes of linuxdevices and theregister this sort of nonsense is common, but my trust in lxer has been severely damaged here.

Luc Verhaegen (libv) http://unichrome.sf.net/

I programmed the ability for people to browse the pending queue and negatively vote for stories BEFORE they appear.

You can be a part of the process, the solution, rather than simply complaining.

Dave

I don't understand your comments, neither do I understand your comments in the vote.

Perhaps you could enlighten us?

One question:

You say that this is nothing new because Via has shared their source with a chosen few in the past. How is making it available to everybody the same as showing a chosen few?

libv: I have seen your comment on the vote, which is a bit more enlightening than your comment here. However, I have seen a bit more detailed posting on the lwn.net site, where none of the comments seem to be quite so critical. Indeed many were positive.

http://lwn.net/Articles/131777/

You may not like VIA, however, any move by a chip manufacturer to be a bit more open is a net gain. So they try to take a bit too much credit, I would allow them to prance and preen a bit if there is movement towards more open drivers.

Update: again from lwn.net in a letter to the editor a critique seems to lend credence to your disputing the value of VIA's contribution: http://lwn.net/Articles/130870/

I am not certain that this portion is available to non-subscribers, hence, a few choice quotes:

"It is also worth noting that the "VIA Open Source" package still relies on a proprietary binary library to provide MPEG acceleration on their hardware. This library provides a completely non-standard API that applications must work to implement MPEG support. ...", which is contrasted with open source (free?) groups' approach.

And: "... therfore, a shame that VIA decided to make this grandiose eye catching announcement, rather than simply getting involved in the existing open source communities and simply helping and contributing ...".

libv: I guess you were right, however, I wished you had expressed your thoughts on the topic a bit more clearly for those like myself that knew themselves not to be that well informed.