Maybe you should try using some of those "crappy" closed-source drivers. I've found that when the manufacturer makes drivers for Linux (closed or open source) they usually work better than the third-party open source versions. Being closed source does not make something crappy any more than being open source makes something crappy.
Cedega is open source and you can even download the latest source from cvs but still transmeta is able to sell it.
I was curious about your example so I looked it up in wikipedia. This is what I found:
Cedega (formerly known as WineX) is TransGaming Technologies' proprietary fork of Wine . . .
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Though Cedega is mainly proprietary software, Transgaming does make part of the source publicly available via CVS, under a mix of licenses.
Also note that the company is Transgaming, not Transmeta.
Please explain how you make money selling something that others will inevitably give away (legally) for free. Sure, you can ask for donations, but generally that's not going to get you nearly as much as directly selling your product, if it even covers production costs.
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