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There has been an 80GB leak of Nvidia drivers and firmware source code not too long ago by Lapsus$. Isn't HDMI 2.1 implementation part of it?

indrora 3y ago
Acknowledging these documents can taint your mind for life if you're not careful. In the emulator scene, there is a set of documents that describe, at deep and intimate levels, the inner workings of the N64, released by a disgruntled SGI employee somewhere on USENET. It is common knowledge that reading those documents taints you from working on basically any graphics or game related source for the rest of your life. This doesn't just apply for leaked things. There's people who've worked on the Deep Parts of Windows, MacOS, etc. that they are basically barred from making contributions to certain open source projects (e.g. Wine, AsahiLinux) as anything they do would likely involve secrets that are tainted with knowledge from their former employer. Every graphics, emulator, game engine, and embedded guru on the planet has watched the Gigaleaks out of nintendo with caution, as they now have to be VERY careful where some things come from. If someone reads code from The Gigaleak, then contributes code to an emulator, the emulator may be tainted. This came to a head when the PowerVR SGX drivers were leaked ( https://www.phoronix.com/news/MTg0NTQ https://www.phoronix.com/news/MTg0NTQ ) and several developers eyes were burned as a result.
- firen777 3y ago
  I understand the "clean room" reason behind avoiding tainting one's mind, but in court how do people distinguish plagiarism from "convergent evolution"?
  - MaxBarraclough 3y ago
    Seems simple enough in this case, presumably they'd just ask about your previous professional involvement with the relevant technology.
- userbinator 3y ago
  Only the truly stupid would do this stuff under their real identities. Then again, a lot of OSS contribution is for ego anyway. This came to a head when the PowerVR SGX drivers were leaked ...and some far-East modding communities managed to make unofficial Windows 9x and XP drivers using that. They will of course not tell you who they really are.

indrora 3y ago

Acknowledging these documents can taint your mind for life if you're not careful. In the emulator scene, there is a set of documents that describe, at deep and intimate levels, the inner workings of the N64, released by a disgruntled SGI employee somewhere on USENET. It is common knowledge that reading those documents taints you from working on basically any graphics or game related source for the rest of your life. This doesn't just apply for leaked things. There's people who've worked on the Deep Parts of Windows, MacOS, etc. that they are basically barred from making contributions to certain open source projects (e.g. Wine, AsahiLinux) as anything they do would likely involve secrets that are tainted with knowledge from their former employer. Every graphics, emulator, game engine, and embedded guru on the planet has watched the Gigaleaks out of nintendo with caution, as they now have to be VERY careful where some things come from. If someone reads code from The Gigaleak, then contributes code to an emulator, the emulator may be tainted. This came to a head when the PowerVR SGX drivers were leaked ( https://www.phoronix.com/news/MTg0NTQ https://www.phoronix.com/news/MTg0NTQ ) and several developers eyes were burned as a result.

firen777 3y ago
I understand the "clean room" reason behind avoiding tainting one's mind, but in court how do people distinguish plagiarism from "convergent evolution"?
- MaxBarraclough 3y ago
  Seems simple enough in this case, presumably they'd just ask about your previous professional involvement with the relevant technology.
userbinator 3y ago
Only the truly stupid would do this stuff under their real identities. Then again, a lot of OSS contribution is for ego anyway. This came to a head when the PowerVR SGX drivers were leaked ...and some far-East modding communities managed to make unofficial Windows 9x and XP drivers using that. They will of course not tell you who they really are.