from the libertarian newspaper

[Luke -Jr]

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:31, Bradley Hook wrote:
> Luke -Jr wrote:
> > No, the GPL also requires anything linking to be GPL-compatible.
>
> Really? Where? http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation

"If modules are designed to run linked together in a shared address space, 
that almost surely means combining them into one program."

> > Each part needs to be *linkable* independently of any non-GPL-compatible
> > code.
>
> Even if this were true, this is still trivial. Two pieces of program
> code can interface with each other without having linked object code. If
> you need a rather obvious example, consider any client-server based
> application. In the case of certain programs (i.e., video drivers), this
> restriction does not remove the possibility of proprietary drivers, it
> simply makes life more difficult for everyone involved with developing
> or using those drivers.

However, the current state of nVidia/ATi's drivers is not legal.