I think this answer can be of general interest. So 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! Greetings, Dominique Begin forwarded message: Dominique, NVIDIA has no restrictions in redistributing the NVIDIA X driver. You should inquire with Novell whether they have any specific requirements or restrictions in redistributing their RPMs. Thanks, Lonni On 08/30/2006 07:51 AM Dominique Leuenberger wrote:

Lonni,

I forgot something in my last reply; I was to fast in clicking. Is there a problem about hosting the drivers on another server than the nVidia Server?

I mean, it would be quiet conveniant to host the driver on the BuildService of Novell, as most users are looking there to find all sort of RPMs for their installation.

Regards, Dominique

Quoting Lonni J Friedman :

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Dominique, Thanks for your email. The RPMS that you noted below are actually created & maintained exclusively by Novell. NVIDIA's involvement is solely to host the RPMs. Any questions about updates to the RPMs or additional packages should be directed to Novell/SuSE.

Thanks, Lonni J Friedman NVIDIA Corporation

On 08/30/2006 03:04 AM Dominique Leuenberger wrote:

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dear sir,

on download.nvidia.com/novell you're offering a repository for Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop and Server, which also works with openSUSE 10.1

I have two questions regarding this: - Are there plans, and if yes, in what timeframe, to distribute the latest released driver (8774) via this repository too? At this moment, there is still the previous driver in the repository.

- Will nVidia also support NON-Enterprise products like openSUSE 10.2 (upcoming release in december) and eventually other distributions?

The complete task of compiling and packing could probably be solved using the BuildService from Novell, which is in progress of being opensourced. I'm sure you'd have some good chances to get something alike or even use their system.

We (the Linux community in general) are very grateful for the excellent drivers we get from nVidia and many of us would not even dare thinking about another manufacturer for Graphic Cards.

Looking forward to a reply, Dominique

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