[Linux-Biella] GPL, GPL3

[Paul TT]

Daniele (Mastro) wrote:

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>Daniele (Mastro) ha scritto:
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>>queste le motivazioni secondo i developer di sabayon
>>http://www.sabayonlinux.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=205&Itemid=2
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>che riporto qui visto che non seguite il link
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grazie

>Since the first RR4 releases, called "Gentoo Rescue Reiser4 LiveCD", I
>included NVIDIA and ATI proprietary drivers. Two years are past since
>then, and no one never complained about that. But now, I read that many
>people say that's a GPL violation. I do not agree with them. They argue
>that linking a non-GPL kernel module against the Linux Kernel before
>distributing it, is illegal. But I think that they don't know that:
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>- - The linked stuff, is under GPL.
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>- - You can create the necessary kernel module completely from the GPLed
>part of the official nvidia drivers sources.
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>- - The resulting kernel module, access to the closed source part at
>runtime, and that's not a GPL violation.
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>By the way, Gentoo devs are working to fix this problem into mainstream
>to shut up the coolest and complaining kernel developer.
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>But in the meantime, enjoy the full power of RR4 and RR64 Linux.
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direi che esprime la situazione come e', sempre imho and ianal

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