Re: Compatibility of Nvidia NVNET driver license with GPL

[Jeff Garzik]

Karel Kulhavý wrote:
> Hello
>
> I faintly remember reading some article on the Net from Linus Torvalds stating
> something like if a piece of code is written specifically for Linux kernel, it
> must be under GPL.
>
> I have got an nVidia NForce2 board and downloaded their Ethernet driver (nvnet)
> and they say in README: "the network driver provided by NVIDIA is subject to
> the NVIDIA software license". How is with compatibility of such a behaviour
> with GPL of the kernel sources?


Since I am not a lawyer, my engineering suggestion would be to sidestep 
legal issues by using "forcedeth" driver, to drive your nForce NIC. 
It's fully GPL'd, and full open source.

	Jeff



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