The non disclosure agreement ONLY applies to the hardware info to create
cards using the faster bus, last I checked Linux wasn't in the hardware
biz, if it was a $5250 fee would be the least of the neccesary expences.
The fees are:
$5000 to join
$250 to get the specs neccesary to descide whether to join or not
What this means for Linux: $5000 is cheap enough to allow for a lot of
clones.
Sit back and relax all this really means is that some very fast video
cards are comming. :)
Please don't panic, this is NOT a bad thing.
On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, David Rusling wrote:
> Love will find a way
>
> >----------
> >From: Darren Reed[SMTP:darrenr@cyber.com.au]
> >Sent: 16 September 1997 09:50
> >To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> >Subject: I20 to cause problems for linux et al. (fwd)
> >
> >[ From a friend...]
> >
> >> i've been reading disturbing news that Intel's and Micro$oft's new PC Bus
> >>inititative
> >> (Called I2O) has developer documentation which is available only with the
> >>payment
> >> of hefty licence fees. Furthermore, developers have to promise not to
> >>release any
> >> information on this interface, nor any source code for any drivers that
> >>they develop
> >> fot I2O. Even if you can get information to write drivers,
> >> you will be banned from distributing those drivers. This will wreak havoc
> >>on
> >> free OSs like linux and freeBSD.
> >> more information from: www.i2osig.org
> >
>
Gerhard Mack
gmack@mail.chill.org
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