"What exactly is the issue with proprietary drivers? They ship the hardware, they ship the driver(s). That's their problem. They probably want people to be able

"What exactly is the issue with proprietary drivers? They ship the hardware, they ship the driver(s). That's their problem. They probably want people to be able to use their cards. Why fight this battle?" Linux was built because Linus Thorvalds wanted to use his hardware for something else the manufacturer envisioned. The free software movement got started because Richard Stallman wanted to add a new feature in the printer driver.