2006/2/18, Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 14:23 +0000, Andy Green wrote: > >> Andy Green wrote: > >> > >>>> in source and GPL'd that connects to the kernel interface > > >>> FWIW nVidia and vmware at least do do this. There is a technical > >>> advantage that it insulates the genuninely binary portion from ABI > >>> fragility by allowing small changes in the open shim part. > > >> Whoops... kind of missed the key point there.... they provide sources to > >> compile but not under a free license. Sorry about that. > > I don't know about vmware, but Nvidia doesn't. > > > > They provide a wrapper's sources, but the core of their work is binary > > only. It's basically the "sdk/link-kit" approach they apply, a pretty > > Hi Ralf - > > I expanded the quotes above to show this was in fact what I was talking > about. > > -Andy > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > Actually the nvidia kernel module is not a derivate of the kernel because its a ported driver. The gpl also gives every user rights and dutys on the software. i as a user can demand the source code fo a gpl derivate just fine without beeing an upstream author/developer. Seems like some of you confuse that with license changes :). regards, Rudolf Kastl p.s. read the gpl and loop that atleast 3 times.
