from the libertarian newspaper

[Luke -Jr]

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 16:09, Bradley Hook wrote:
> Luke -Jr wrote:
> > 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."
>
> Dude, seriously, read the license yourself. It is obvious that you are
> relying on interpretations, which is the absolute worst thing you can do
> in the case of copyright and licensing.

Nobody is better qualified to interpret than the author.

> If you honestly believe nVidia/ATI are violating either the legal
> requirements or moral attitude of the GPL, then why don't you file a
> lawsuit and see if the FSF, OSDL, or any other respected OSS community
> organizations come to side with you. Of course, you need to own some
> aspect of the Intellectual Property contained in the Linux kernel before
> you can even file suit.

There's been talk about kernel copyright holders possibly beginning to enforce 
it...