On 25/01/2008, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sigh. Nvidia had been writing drivers for its cards for some time when > > they started supporting linux as well. So clearly, the binary nvidia > > driver is not a derivation of the linux kernel. They also supply a > > linux-specific "shim" which provides an interface between the linux > > kernel and the nvidia binary blob, and they provide the source of that > > linux specific shim in the download. > > > > Seriously, where's the crime? > > Sorry, but providing a "shim" does not protect you from the GPL license > of the Linux kernel. The Samba group has proved this many times in the > past with lots of precident in going after companies that tried to do > this with their code base.
Also the shim is not even GPLed either, from the files: /* _NVRM_COPYRIGHT_BEGIN_ * * Copyright 1999-2001 by NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. All * information contained herein is proprietary and confidential to NVIDIA * Corporation. Any use, reproduction, or disclosure without the written * permission of NVIDIA Corporation is prohibited. * * _NVRM_COPYRIGHT_END_ */ -- Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
