> Valve has granted these Intel Linux developers complete access to the game's source-code, including the Source Engine. This has allowed Intel's Linux developers to better investigate possible optimizations and tweaks to their driver in order to enhance Source-powered games. Valve has even given them commit access to push back changes to the game company.
That sure is something EA and Ubisoft wouldn't do in a million years.
To be clear: they didn't email the code to some random people on the internet or post it to a mailing list. They shared it with employees of Intel Corporation, no doubt under NDA. Those employees happen to work on open source drivers, of course, but they certainly won't be spreading the Source source (heh) around.
Of course it is. I was just responding to the surprise -- this isn't Valve sharing their code with "the open source community". This is Valve and Intel jointly tuning software in a commercial relationship.
That sure is something EA and Ubisoft wouldn't do in a million years.