from the libertarian newspaper - the topic that won't die! (Actually GPL)

[Jonathan Hutchins]

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:44, Luke -Jr wrote:

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

IANAL - but I work for one, and I know you're not either, and you are also not 
doing as requested and citing the section of the GPL that would make 
this "illegal".  

I note that nVidia and ATI have been distributing Linux-compatible drivers for 
a while now, and they're not in court over it.  

I don't use them, but from the discussions I've heard they get compiled 
locally, which strongly suggests that the source code is available, which 
would suggest to me that they're quit compatible with what I know of the GPL 
and open software.

Rampant misunderstanding and miss-interpretation of the implications of Open 
Source licensing is one of the things that holds commercial developers and 
hardware companies back from participating in the OS community, so your 
ranting is not only not helping, it's hurting.

Go read the GPL.  Go read the DSL site.  Learn something.