Chung Hang Christopher Chan wrote:
How can they include closed-source ATI/Nvidia
drivers in a GNU/Linux
LiveDVD without violating the GPL ?
Heh. Who is going to sue? Linus? Who will he sue?
Linus put a stop to those zealots who wanted to make
sure you would not be able to use a binary driver...I
don't see him going after guys who start distributing
closed drivers from a third party. Will Nvidia sue?
Now this one is hard to say...
FSF or maybe http://www.gpl-violations.org/. Just as the Kororaa
LiveCD was forced to stop distributing the Nvidia/ATI drivers. It
was one of the first GNU/Linux LiveCDs to bundle Compiz. It
is redistribution in installed form along with a GPL kernel.
The incident you are referring to was a draconian attempt to totally
prevent loading of binary drivers into the Linux kernel. Linus
protected the user's freedom by stopping that.
Regards,
Moinak.
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