Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Nvidia legal to use by end-users? | From | Bernd Petrovitsch <> | Date | Fri, 19 May 2006 00:04:31 +0200 |
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On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 16:50 -0400, Don Bedsole wrote: [...] > Question: If I download and install the Nvidia graphics card drivers from > their site, am I violating the GPL as an end-user? I was thinking the the
No (if you only download, use and/or change it).
> GPL mainly covered what you are allowed or not allowed to do if you > distribute software. I ask because I saw on the OpenSuse site a statement to
Exactly. Which is the proof that an end-user (which per definition doesn't distribute sofwtare) cannot violate the GPL.
> the effect that OpenSuse would not ship Nvidia, Ati drivers because some > kernel developers consider them a violation of their copyrights.
OpenSuse is obviously not an enduser and - as a "software distributor" - must care about the GPL. JftSoC: This doesn't state any opinion about OpenSuse violating the license if they distribute said drivers from Nvidia.
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