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Should Ubuntu include closed source binary drivers for fancy graphics?

Jono Bacon has started a huge thread on his blog asking the (deceptively) simple question ‘Should Ubuntu include closed source binaries for 3-d graphics for a range of video cards, or should the distribution with a heart remain fully free/open source?

We are up to around 30 pages of A4 and 90+ comments. I’ll try to condense the arguments a little before the Christmas duvet beckons. This one blog post has made me think more about open source than any number of manifestos!

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Dr. Mohamed Taher Says:
December 26th, 2006 at 26/12/06

Happy holidays.
This is not spam comment, nor concerned with the subject of your post.

Anyways, you visited my blog and had seen the post on Blog as a teaching tool
Now, I wish to share something with you.
My 2007 resolution is a friendly deal to get more comments at my blog and promptly reciprocate.
Best wishes for 2007.

Keith Burnett Says:
December 29th, 2006 at 29/12/06

Hello Dr Taher

I will leave comments on articles of interest!

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