Pigeon wrote:
The problem is not the nvidia or ati binary driver. From their terms
it is ok to redistribute their drivers as long as they're not modified.
The issue now seems to be GPL not allowing distribution along with
non-GPL stuff.
Linux is not pure GPL system. It has small but important addition to GPL:
=== Cut ===
NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel
services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use
of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work".
=== Cut ===
It's OK to use Linux with non-GPLed drivers.
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Alexander Babichev http://www.babichev.info
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