在下剛看完 News.com 以下這一篇:
ATI: We like our proprietary Linux drivers
http://news.com.com/2061-10791_3-6104655.html
ATI 在被 AMD 收購消息之下沒有改變其專屬的顯示卡驅動程式的立場,有趣的一句是:
引述 ATI 寫:
"In addition, multimedia elements such as content protection must not, by their very nature, be allowed to go open source."
一家公司不開放其軟體源碼並不是甚麼怪事,不過發言人強調「一定不可以」和「本質上」的用語,並要假借顧客立場的基礎下說出:
引述 ATI 寫:
"Proprietary, patented optimizations are part of the value we provide to our customers and we have no plans to release these drivers to open source,"......
如果不是理屈詞窮,也只能說是 ATI 害怕得有點退縮了......