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Re:Nvidia CEO Introduces Nvidia Ampere Architecture, Nvidia ... by fluffything on Thursday May 14, 2020 @03:15PM (#23184042)
How come? There is a CUDA C++ and CUDA C toolchains available under a MIT license, large part s of which are contributed by NVIDIA.

How can they sue you for using something that they give you with a license that says "we allow you to do whatever you want with it" ?

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Re:Nvidia CEO Introduces Nvidia Ampere Architecture, Nvidia ... by Teknoman117 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @07:16PM (#23186802)
the MIT license doesn't have an express patent grant. If Nvidia has a patent on some technology used by the open source code, they could sue you for patent infringement if you use it in a way that displeases them. What they can't do is sue you for copyright infringement.
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