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October 3, 2006
Intel: Open Source Fraud
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on October 3, 2006 at 1:25:02 PM
One of OpenBSD's devels is complaining about how Intel says they are open source haters. Intel does not support actually open source. This is interesting.
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Theo pointed out that when the open source community works together they can help improve the situation, "in the past, our users have shown that they can help us convince vendors to do the right thing. They have shown vendors the path towards freeing up many pieces of documentation or granting firmware distribution rights. This has helped with many vendors, most of them quite large." He explained that until Intel releases their firmware freely and without restrictions that they are not open source friendly as they claim, "by withholding, Intel is being an Open Source fraud." He went on to suggest that Intel should follow the example of other companies in the market, "Intel must do this firmware grant in the same way that Adaptec, Atmel, Broadcom, Cirrus Logic, Cyclades, QLogic, Ralink, and LSI and lots of other companies have granted distribution firmware to be used by others." He concluded by requesting that the open source community contact Intel to help get them to change their policies, "let's win back the rights to run the hardware we purchased."
August 14, 2006
Microsoft Wants User Content On Xbox360
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on August 14, 2006 at 1:24:50 PM
This is a nobrainer for Microsoft. They are going to release a free development kit for the 360 and for the PC. No clue on who owns the rights to the game that you create. If we see a huge game that some guy/gal makes and Microsoft profits off of it, is that really good?
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The details of the new tech are as follows: XNA Game Studio Express will be available for free to anyone with a Windows XP-based PC, and will provide them with what's described as "Microsoft's next-generation platform for game development." In addition, by joining a "creators club" for an annual subscription fee of $99, users will be able to build, test and share their games on Xbox 360, as well as access a wealth of materials to help speed the game development progress.
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