[Open-graphics] AMD considering open-sourcing ATi drivers

[James Richard Tyrer]

howard parkin wrote:
> There are more than 12500 patents issued in the in the US alone
> that contain the term "computer graphics".
> 
> After the recent Intel 965 open sourcing announcement,
> I'm guessing anybody who owns one of these patents is sifting
> through the Intel source code eagerely looking for infringements.
> It would be a bold move bordering on reckless if AMD
> released ATI's stuff.

Actually, Intel was careful that it isn't their source code, it is this 
open source project's.

That said, if their current cross licensing agreements don't cover the 
965 and Radeon stuff, I see another round of AMD vs. Intel litigation 
coming.

We should be prepared to duck and cover as this might go nuclear. :-)

-- 
JRT