Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:49:58 -0500 |
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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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