nvidia

Alan Cox alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Mon Oct 29 13:34:45 UTC 2007


On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:12:36 -0500
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Alan Cox wrote:
> >> There's no piracy involved here as nvidia gives the drivers away and 
> >> permits redistribution.  It is the Linux side that makes their product 
> > 
> > If I give away copies of someone elses movies and permit redistribution
> > then thats still piracy.
> 
> How so, when the 'someone else' explicitly allows redistribution without 
> modifications?  Specifically:

The "someone else" is the Linux community. Nvidia can't give away my
rights they don't own any more than I can give away Nvidia's rights.

Alan




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