On 2016-03-11 09:52, Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink wrote:
Op donderdag 10 maart 2016 21:56:48 CET schreef Carlos E. R.:
On 2016-03-10 21:43, Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink wrote:
But mind, due to NVIDIA's license openSUSE simply cannot include the driver in the distro. We as users can, as described earlier. The NVIDIA repo isn't openSUSE's, it's NVIDIA's.
Well, IMO it is due to conflict between the NVidia license and the kernel license. The Nvidia people have no objection, I understand, to Linux distributors distributing the package - except that they say that they will not support bug reports with such a package as ours. Reporters have to use the .run bundle.
This is explained in the readme file in the repository. They host the repo, but the content is openSUSE responsibility.
Well, it's what I get/understand after a lot of reading and asking around. Quite simple: kernel.org is convinced that NVIDIA's license breaks the GPL of the kernel.
Correct.
For those who wonder/argue that/why *buntu, Mint e.a. do provide proprietary drivers: it's their decision to break things, we can't / shouldn't.
Yes.
openSUSE and it's predecessors have always been very strict in this matter. It has kept us away from nasty areas such as GPL- or patent-infringement, and allows us to stick to GPL and to FOSS principles. Simplified: openSUSE can't add proprietary stuff, users can.
Exactly. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)