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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Bottom should be MooreThreads or some other Chinese GPU maker

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They can prohibit whatever they want, but how enforceable is it? Does Nvidia intend to play whack a mole by checking for translation layers?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Nah, they'll just pull "Nintendo move"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

If AMD and/or Intel took leadership of the project the Nintendo move wouldn't work and they'd have to actually test it in court

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Now imagine Microsoft banning the translation of DirectX to Vulkan. Could they do that? That would kill gaming on Linux in a snap.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Don't give them ideas