Re:Report from the VMware GPL court hearing
by phjesusthatguy3 on Friday February 26, 2016 @02:39PM
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They're already not producing for Linux, though; they're producing for themselves and flouting the GPL to expand their market.
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Re:Report from the VMware GPL court hearing
by bluejekyll on Friday February 26, 2016 @07:16PM
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Are they really flouting the GPL though? I think you could make a better case that SteamOS is, with an integrated Nvidia driver.
What makes this different IMO from VMWare is that they are not creating a work that exists purely b/c of Linux, instead they a making a piece of software that allows their hardware to work with a Linux based machine.
I think those are two very different types GPL violation. One really does flout the GPL and exploit Linux kernel devs, the other I think is generally viewed as an enhancement to Linux, thus less interest in fighting it.
Re:Report from the VMware GPL court hearing
by phjesusthatguy3 on Saturday February 27, 2016 @11:55AM
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They're flouting the GPL in the sense that they produced a binary-only driver enabled by a compatibility layer released under GPL that, in my uninformed opinion, probably violates the GPL. It still doesn't do me any good, though; I'm on my second laptop with Optimus graphics, and they're just not going to make their hardware work on this machine when it's not running Windows. Fortunately, I only need 3D acceleration when I'm gaming, and the machine came with a Windows license, so dual-booting is an option for me.