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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
