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minus-squareHelix 🧬@feddit.deBlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 years agoThey would never have made it FOSS if AMD didn’t have their stuff FOSS aswell. Nvidia should start supporting FOSS drivers as well as AMD does.
minus-squarekrolden@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoTechnically they are not FOSS, just open source.
minus-squareHelix 🧬@feddit.deBlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoThe AMD drivers? amdgpu is licensed under the MIT license, which is FOSS by my standards.
minus-squareAmicese@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 years agoI think he is referring to Nvidia.
minus-squareH4rdStyl3z@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoFOSS also involves licensing software so that modifications remain libre in the foreseeable future. Same reason why Android or Chromium might be open-source but aren’t exactly considered FOSS.
They would never have made it FOSS if AMD didn’t have their stuff FOSS aswell. Nvidia should start supporting FOSS drivers as well as AMD does.
Technically they are not FOSS, just open source.
The AMD drivers? amdgpu is licensed under the MIT license, which is FOSS by my standards.
I think he is referring to Nvidia.
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FOSS also involves licensing software so that modifications remain libre in the foreseeable future. Same reason why Android or Chromium might be open-source but aren’t exactly considered FOSS.
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