[openbeos] Re: OS Propaganda.... A new world order!
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 02:12:23 CEST (+0200)
> > According to the GPL we should make the kernel GPL too, sure we
> > could just
> > ignore it, but could also create problems.
>
> No you don't.
>
> Drivers in beos can be offered separate from kernel. They have always
> been
> separate files you can drag into a folder. Nvidia drives are closed
> source
> for linux, as they are separate from kernel.
Although you may be able to interprete it like this, nVidia's drivers
are open-source; only the one for the XFree86 3d stuff is not, and
XFree is not under the GPL.
Adios...
Axel.
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