Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in non-free drivers?

Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-01-05T09:30:01Z

On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Richard Stallman wrote:
> I have the freedom to use Linux and ClearCase. If closed source modules
> were to be disallowed, it would be illegal for me to use this configuration,
> and I would be forced to use HP-UX or Solaris, and not Linux.
>
> You can't have freedom while using ClearCase, because it is non-free
> software. What we really need is a free replacement for it. Will
> people write one? Our main influence on whether people do this is by

People are already working on it: http://www.advogato.org/proj/Katie/

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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