Re: [OT] Re: Driver for Microsoft USB Fingerprint Reader

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>[snip]
>> I hate when vendors like ATI, Conexant and UPEK publish binary drivers
>> without publishing the chipset spec... They should decide whether
>> their IP is on the software part or on the hardware part, if it is on
>> the hardware part, they are making money in selling the hardware. If
>> it is on the software part, there is no reason why not providing the
>> information for others to write software to work with the primitive
>> hardware. So in either case there should be full hardware interface
>> disclosure.

It's time some Taiwanese company starts manufacturing graphics chips (and 
do it like wireless were code is mostly released)


Jan Engelhardt
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