It's very interesting to see a thread with people bashing nvidia for once (and also others trying to defend it). It's good for a laugh.
Regardless, anything nvidia contributes to xorg will only be done out of self interest. If it's of benefit to the community really doesn't matter - it being of benefit to nvidia does. The only reason nvidia has opened up the vdpau api is to get more people using it - and thus buying nvidia cards for using it (they have direct hardware support for it, so it should well run better on their cards).
AMD obviously see a good business decision in investing in open source drivers and other things that are good for the community - but again this isn't to be nice, it's about business.
Regardless, anything nvidia contributes to xorg will only be done out of self interest. If it's of benefit to the community really doesn't matter - it being of benefit to nvidia does. The only reason nvidia has opened up the vdpau api is to get more people using it - and thus buying nvidia cards for using it (they have direct hardware support for it, so it should well run better on their cards).
AMD obviously see a good business decision in investing in open source drivers and other things that are good for the community - but again this isn't to be nice, it's about business.
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