On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 09:10:20AM -0500, Greg Meyer wrote: > "Some of your hardware (insert specific's) is from a vendor that prevents us > from providing full support in the GPL download edition of the Mandrake Linux > Distribution. They have chosen to release their drivers under a proprietary > license and MandrakeSoft cannot legally distribute them within a fully GPL > compliant release. You will find that this hardware will not work properly > with the download edition until you acquire these proprietary drivers from > the manufacturer. As a service to our customers, some of these drivers are > available in the Mandrake Linux boxed sets and as a download from the > MandrakeClub"
Are we sure that it's a violation of the GPL to distribute those drivers? I really don't think that's the case. And somehow I don't think the situation is that nVidia wouldn't let Mandrake ship the drivers. I think it's more of a moral stance and an attempt to try and force nVidia to open their drivers. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org "America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion only of her own." -- John Quincy Adams, July 4th, 1821
