That's an interesting explanation that I've never heard before, for why the hardware industry is reluctant to publish this stuff. It certainly seems credible.
You say:
>I believe this is the reasoning NVidia gave for not open-sourcing their Linux drivers
Do you happen to have a source for that? Or at least an explanation of why you think this is the case?
You say:
>I believe this is the reasoning NVidia gave for not open-sourcing their Linux drivers
Do you happen to have a source for that? Or at least an explanation of why you think this is the case?