Originally Posted by kalniel 
Aren't things like CMSS and dobly/DTS all protected IPs that are licensed?
Yes, but so far no one has been able to find out (if any) what features are enabled under Vista over XP that creative have purposefully removed like Creative are claiming (and whos IP it is). If you know which these apparent features are, let us know
Originally Posted by kalniel I agree creative are pooey, but IP is IP, especially if he was making money from it.
He was accepting donations (which probably would not have covered the time it took if it was a paid job). However, it was not a
pay to download service he was offering, just if you wanted to drop him a few quid, you could.
Keep in mind that some peoples cards are/were
unusable without his modded drivers.
Originally Posted by kalniel If creative want to restrict the use of their own licensed technologies then they are entitled to do so, but I wouldn't expect them to be saying that publicly.
Are they though for previously sold cards, advertising that technology?
If you buy a card advertising X technology and Creative decide to take it away in an update, is this restriction fair / legal? After all, you have
paid for these features to work as advertised.
I suppose you could argue that you have not paid to use them under a different OS, however is a cards feature OS dependant? Would
really be pushing the boat out if they want to claim that one