AMD will release a lot under open source

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Garsmith
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Are their any libre news related about their drivers? Will they release all their drivers as "open source" or will some parts still be proprietary?

AMD’s Answer To Nvidia’s GameWorks, GPUOpen Announced – Open Source Tools, Graphics Effects, Libraries And SDKs

http://wccftech.com/amds-answer-to-nvidias-gameworks-gpuopen-announced-open-source-tools-graphics-effects-and-libraries/

Calinou
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> Are their any libre news related about their drivers? Will they release all their drivers as "open source" or will some parts still be proprietary?

The Radeon driver (r600g and radeonsi) is already libre, but the firmware is not. There are no plans from AMD to liberate it.