From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Cc: Karel Kulhav? <clock@twibright.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Compatibility of Nvidia NVNET driver license with GPL
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 12:48:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040101174845.GB2022@gtf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031231211101.68ba1362.pj@sgi.com>
On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 09:11:01PM -0800, Paul Jackson wrote:
> nVidia's _video_ drivers are mostly proprietary code that is not
> specific to Linux. They provide a GPL wrapper or shim that, apparently
> in the view of their lawyers, insulates their proprietary code from GPL
> license terms.
>
> Perhaps their network software is done the same way?
It's a fair argument that nVidia has significant IP in their video
drivers... I understand that's where they get a fair amount of their
speed.
For a network driver, nVidia will have a really tough time convincing me
there is useful IP in their NIC driver, or the NIC itself :) There are
much more advanced NICs out there (with public docs, no less)...
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-01 17:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-31 6:31 Compatibility of Nvidia NVNET driver license with GPL Karel Kulhavý
2003-12-31 6:36 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-12-31 10:43 ` Karel Kulhavý
2003-12-31 13:00 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-01-03 18:44 ` Pavel Machek
2004-01-03 18:53 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-01-01 5:11 ` Paul Jackson
2004-01-01 17:48 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2004-01-02 17:04 ` Chuck Campbell
2004-01-02 20:09 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
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