[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for this
link. ]
“AMD is on the heels of releasing the next set of GPU
programming documentation to aide in the development of the
open-source R500/600 drivers (xf86-video-ati and
xf86-video-radeonhd). It’s already been discussed what this
NDA-free documentation release will have, but one of the questions
that have repeatedly come up is if/when AMD will release
information on accelerated video playback. AMD’s John Bridgman has
now stated what they plan to release in the video realm as well as
a new requirement for their future graphics processors: being
open-source friendly while avoiding DRM…”