Greg KH wrote:
Then don't buy nvidia hardware. Again, simple answer :) For quite some time Nvidia had better support on Linux then ATI. As a consequence many Linux users have Nvidia cards now. Is ATI fully open-source now ? Is that what you would buy ? Intel is fully supported, with open drivers. That is what I would recommend that you purchase. It's what I buy with my own money. Great. What experience do list members have with those cards ?
Seriously, I really don't care about companies that violate the license of the Linux kernel, and I'm not going to do ANYTHING to help them out. Why would you expect me, or any other kernel developer to do otherwise? With that attitude no wonder people are having serious problems with the latest security updates (see ongoing topic "Latest Update Kills Server"). Again, there is _nothing_ that we can do to help with this, as their code is closed.
Do companies help other companies out that violate their licenses? No, they take legal action against them. Does Nvidia violate a license ? Yes, it violates mine, and the other kernel developer's copyright on the kernel when they distribute a pre-built kernel module. Is anybody suing them ? If not, why not ?
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