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    SubjectRe: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders
    FromLee Revell <>
    DateThu, 02 Feb 2006 13:49:58 -0500
    On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 12:13 -0600, Ian Kester-Haney wrote:
    > On 2/2/06, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
    > All this boils down to is a linking argument.  Nvidia releases closed
    > sorce drivers that link to the kernel as a module.  Many kernel users
    > have nvidia cards or even ati cards.  Under GPLv3 at first glance
    > these will have to be implemented without the kernel linking that
    > gives them their good performance.  Same for DVDs and other Media with
    > DRM or other copyright measures.  Free Software cannot include the
    > tools to view this content as GPL in any circumstance and any argument
    > to the contrary is baseless.
    
    What nvidia is doing is already illegal under the GPLv2.
    
    Lee
    
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