RE:Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in closed source drivers?

From: Hell.Surfers@cwctv.net
Date: Thu Jan 02 2003 - 00:37:40 EST


"or later" perhaps copyright could be defined, and headers added to derivative?

Dean. Three ways to kill yourself, and ive been drove in one...

On 02 Jan 2003 01:57:01 +0000 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:


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On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 00:31, Paul Jakma wrote:
> So I am not quite sure on what basis one could argue the NVidia
> driver is not a derivative work, and hence it seems to me the NVidia
> driver is technically in material breach of GPL.

I would assume Nvidia's view is based on US caselaw on what constitutes
a 'derived work'. The boundaries of copyright are not set by the GPL
authors

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