[franga2000]

> and then you're left with the work of completely reverse engineer them, figure it all out, then sue them, etc. That isn't that difficult if your competitors also make their drivers open source. There is no doubt in my mind, that nvidia already has a team looking at every commit AMD and Intel make to their Linux drivers. If one of them started using their IP, nvidia would know.

[auanfaz]

The performance of the AMD drivers on Linux is much lower than on Windows, so it goes without saying that the spicy parts are still closed source.