Public bug reported: When I attempted to download NVidia drivers (specifically, version 384.98) from the official website for a non-Ubuntu system, I got this license:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/DriverDownload- March2009/licence.php?lang=us&type=GeForce Note specifically: """ No Datacenter Deployment. The SOFTWARE is not licensed for datacenter deployment, except that blockchain processing in a datacenter is permitted. """ This clause is not present in a license for Tesla GPUs, but I don't have a Tesla. And my application is not related to blockchain, either. And then I remembered that I have an Ubuntu server in Hetzner with a GeForce GTX 1080 GPU. The copyright file in the package does not have this "No Datacenter Deployment" clause. Is it because Ubuntu has somehow negotiated the exception, because the file in the package is incomplete, or because there was no such restriction yet in version 384.90? But the same license shows up on NVidia site even if I attempt to manually download the older version - did they change it retroactively? In other words - should I shut down the server because my use violates the NVidia license? If possible, please package separately the last version of the NVidia driver that does not have any restrictions on its use in datacenters, because many of them still only provide (now-illegal) GeForce GPUs. # apt-cache policy nvidia-384 nvidia-384: Installed: 384.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 Candidate: 384.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 Version table: *** 384.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/restricted amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 384.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/restricted amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: nvidia-384 384.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-17.20~16.04.1-generic 4.13.8 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Dec 25 14:28:11 2017 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial ** Attachment removed: "JournalErrors.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-384/+bug/1740027/+attachment/5026960/+files/JournalErrors.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740027 Title: Wrong license information for NVidia proprietary driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-384/+bug/1740027/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs