Re: GPL v3? Other license options?

["Grant Likely" <..hidden..>]

On 8/21/07, Chris Travers <..hidden..> wrote:
> Are nVidia's closed source driver components for Linux a GPL violation?  If
> so, why has nobody tried to enforce this over the substantial time that this
> has been going on?  Thus does the GPL actually guarantee the user any rights
> that the LGPL does not?

FWIW, nVidia and others are able to distribute a binary blob without
violating the GPL because the binary blob is not compiled or linked
against any of the kernel headers.  The end-user runs a script which
links the blob against the kernel headers to produce a loadable kernel
module.  Once linked; the end user is free to use the kernel modules
however he whats, but he is not free to distribute it.

Cheers,
g.

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