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[Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Martin Schlander wrote:
> Onsdag 30 august 2006 18:59 skrev Dominique Leuenberger:
>> according to nVidia there is NO restriction for distribution on
>> their driver.
>> A good place for it would thus probably also be the Build-Server,
>> wouldn't it? With a dependency on the Kernel, if I understand this
>> system right, the BuildService would trigger a recompile of the module.
>>
>> Any comments on this are more than welcome!
> 
> I believe the primary reason that SUSE/Novell do not host the current KMPs are 
> issues with GPL and kernel devs. 
> 
> As long as Nvidia are not in compliance I don't think the KMPs can be shipped 
> through official channels - at least not with the current policy, with which 
> I agree completely.
> 
> Or do the KMPs solve all the legal issues that the traditional kernel modules 
> had?

No, the KMPs are not there to solve legal issues.
Well, it can solve the legal issue for Novell, if someone builds and
hosts nVidia KMPs elsewhere ;)

nVidia KMP maintainer, anyone ? (e.g. hosted on Packman)

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