On Sunday 09 July 2006 11:18, James Purser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's my understanding from the discussions I've had with Chris Smart and > others that the NVIDIA drivers use a GPL compatible shim to interface > between the actual kernel and the binary blob. And that the > communications between the shim and the blob are done using system calls > rather than included code. This would seem to get round the GPL > requirement.
That was my understanding as well. Nvidia's Linux driver (I can't speak for
ATI or anyone else) is apparently based on their Windows driver, and derives
nothing from Linux itself. The shim is what glues the driver to the kernel,
and there is no legal issue since it is GPL compatible.
At least that's what I heard...
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