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But then there's the fact that our code would reveal the secrets of our hardware. To whom? Certainly not your competitors. Also what's wrong with releasing sp
by chromatic 14y ago
But then there's the fact that our code would reveal the secrets of our hardware.
To whom? Certainly not your competitors.
Also what's wrong with releasing specs under NDA?
- excuse-me 14y agoHow exactly do you NDA an opensource driver?
- Orva 14y agoNo sane open source driver developer would agree to NDA in order to write driver. You wouldn't be able to contribute any other driver project (in that specialty area, which might be vast) until your NDA ends. And of course, device driver would tell people all the secrets that NDA forbids you to disclose.
- chromatic 14y agoNo sane open source driver developer would agree to NDA in order to write driver. Many Linux kernel developers have offered to sign NDAs with Nvidia and many other companies. And of course, device driver would tell people all the secrets that NDA forbids you to disclose. How? It's easy to obfuscate certain details of driver code. Think of magic constants, for example.