Why can Ubuntu include the NVIDIA drivers in there repository and openSUSE can't...???
Ubuntu even has a excellent restricted modules manager which identifies the correct NVIDIA driver to install. Above all, Ubuntu has very conservative policy regarding product infringements. I have the impression that openSUSE is missing something here... Simon Benji Weber schrieb: > On 5/4/07, Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Oh please, isn't a bit silly to play the dmca card here? We're past >> moralizing about whether it's a crime to have proper >> hardware-accelerated OpenGL. Clearly, the nvidia driver is not a >> dervative work of the linux kernel, otherwise how does it run so well on >> windoze, freebsd and solaris? > > This is nothing todo with the DMCA. Have a look at the source of the > nvidia driver shim (which is available, but not GPLed) you wil see it > links to GPLed kernel components. Making it illegal to distribute > under normal copyright law unless it is also GPLed. I suggest you read > the GPL FAQ at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html . > > It is not a crime to use the nvidia drivers , it merely infringes > copyright to /distribute/ them. GPL only applies to distribution. > > _ > Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
