While I may be in the minority on my position, I can find no fault with Nvidia dropping their FOSS driver and opting to keep their real driver proprietary.
Within the past month, I purchased another computer and one of the things I insisted on was that the graphics chipset be Nvidia. And, yes, the machine runs Linux exclusively. I have a DVD drive in my computer, and I'm sure that many Linux users have DVD drives. But, in the United States, I am not permitted to watch some DVDs on my DVD drive unless I use a set of codecs that I am not, legally, permitted to use. Similarly with the MP3 codecs.
Yes, it is my choice to do these things. It is my choice to run proprietary software/codecs on my Linux machine as a matter of my own convenience.
But isn't it implied in the concept of a free operating system that I am also free to choose to run non-free software?
And, yes, RMS would not be pleased with this.
But Linc Fessenden would approve.
Within the past month, I purchased another computer and one of the things I insisted on was that the graphics chipset be Nvidia. And, yes, the machine runs Linux exclusively. I have a DVD drive in my computer, and I'm sure that many Linux users have DVD drives. But, in the United States, I am not permitted to watch some DVDs on my DVD drive unless I use a set of codecs that I am not, legally, permitted to use. Similarly with the MP3 codecs.
Yes, it is my choice to do these things. It is my choice to run proprietary software/codecs on my Linux machine as a matter of my own convenience.
But isn't it implied in the concept of a free operating system that I am also free to choose to run non-free software?
And, yes, RMS would not be pleased with this.
But Linc Fessenden would approve.
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