Hello All I sometimes feel that this debate is a long way away from reality...
PCs as we know then today have a visual interface, this ultimately means that video cards and their driver are unavoidable hardware/firmware. I could understand a moral standpoint from the kernel developers if they insisted that all Linux distributions using their kernel should not permit unfair competition between video card manufacturers. This would make sense in the real world we live in. But this is not the case... Instead, the argument is over whether the video card manufactures are stealing the kernel developers property, when in fact the video driver manufactures are allowing the kernel manufactures to widely distribute the Linux kernel to the mass users... Without the video drivers no one could use the Linux kernel... It would be interesting to know which video driver each of the kernel developers use when they themselves do not permit the distribution of the video drivers..? Simon. Matthias Hopf schrieb: > On May 08, 07 11:47:44 +0200, Jan Tiggy wrote: > >>> the problem is the kernel license. >>> >> So you're saying that the drivers are in direct violation with GPL2? >> > > Many kernel developers say: Yes. > Few say: No. > Quite some say: Don't care. > > This hasn't been brought up to court, thus any claim that it is a direct > violation is just that: a claim. > We make business with distributing the Linux kernel, we cannot risk > being sued. Nvidia can. > > Matthias > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
