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Comment by singpolyma3

1 day ago

The drivers are legally required to be, well not published, but the source sent to anyone who asks.

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TingPing  1 day ago

Plenty of drivers are proprietary. There are many ways of doing so, like much of it can exist in userspace, or in firmware, or using a shim in the kernel.

  • singpolyma3  1 day ago

    Just because it's legally required doesn't mean everyone obeys the law I agree.

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