Matthias Hopf wrote:

>> Why can Ubuntu include the NVIDIA drivers in there repository and
>> openSUSE can't...???

> Actually, Ubuntu *cannot* include them as well.
> They just don't give a damn and just do it.

That's cool isn't it? :D

>...Canonical. Which isn't American in the first place.

That's even better. ;)

> This has been discussed to death. It is *impossible* for us to ship
> binary only drivers for NVIDIA and ATI in their current state, not for
> technical reasons, but for legal reasons.

Strange...

"2.1.2 Linux/FreeBSD Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of
Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux or
FreeBSD operating systems, or other operating systems derived from the
source code to these operating systems, may be copied and redistributed,
provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way
(except for unzipping of compressed files)."

Source: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nv_swlicense.html

Or in German if you like.

2.1.2 Ausnahme für Linux. Ungeachtet der unter 2.1.1. aufgeführten
Bedingungen darf SOFTWARE, die exklusiv für die Verwendung unter Linux
Betriebssystemen erstellt wurde, kopiert und weitergegeben werden –
vorausgesetzt, dass die Binärdateien dieser Software nicht modifiziert
werden (abgesehen vom Extrahieren komprimierter Dateien).

http://www.nvidia.de/object/nvidia_license_de.html

> Stop complaining here, this will lead to nothing.

Indeed.

> Matthias

Jan

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