On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Kai-Uwe Behrmann <k...@gmx.de> wrote: > Am 16.11.10, 19:21 -0500 schrieb Matt Turner: >> >> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Kai-Uwe Behrmann <k...@gmx.de> wrote: >>> >>> ATI and Nvidia ship separate version of libGL.so, for Linux and probably >>> for >>> other operating systems. Now I want to make a Live media with >>> "out of the box" fantastic OpenGL support for a wide range of >>> graphic cards. >>> >>> Is the replacement by vendors of libGL something dictated by the >>> architecture of Xorg or the OpenGL spec? What are good solutions to >>> switch >>> the library on the fly? >>> >>> (That written, I admire the efforts to bring open sourced GL drivers on >>> the >>> table. But artists need for work horse graphics really fast drivers. >>> Otherwise coe in danger to simply switch the platform.) >> >> Can you legally redistribute ATI/Nvidia's binary drivers? >> >> Back in the Xgl days, someone made a LiveCD to show off the spinning >> cube, and in order to make this work distributed the drivers on the >> CD. I think they realized (or were told?) that they weren't really >> supposed to do that and stopped making the CD. >> >> It's pretty pedantic, but. > > > http://de.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/260.19.21/README/faq.html > says under 7.1 NVIDIA-INSTALLER > Why does NVIDIA not provide RPMs? > "... These repackaged NVIDIA drivers are likely to inter-operate best with > the Linux distribution's package management technology. For this reason, > NVIDIA encourages users to use their distribution's repackaged NVIDIA > driver, where available." > > > AMD Software End User License Agreement > "(d) In addition to the license terms above, with respect to portions of > the Software in source code or binary form designed exclusively for use > with the Linux operating system ("AMD Linux Code"), you may use, display, > modify, copy, distribute, allow others to re-distribute, package and > repackage such AMD Linux Code for commercial and non-commercial > purposes, provided that:" > > So I read this as, redistribution is fine with at least Nvidia and AMD. >
The constraints lie in linux' GPL license. This all hearsay, but there is supposed to be a segment that forbids shipping a closed source module with the kernel, without also providing the sourcecode. > > kind regards > Kai-Uwe Behrmann > -- > developing for colour management www.behrmann.name + www.oyranos.org > > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: madman2...@gmail.com > -- Far away from the primal instinct, the song seems to fade away, the river get wider between your thoughts and the things we do and say. _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
