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Re:Linux 6.6 to Protect Against Illicit Behavior of Nvidia P... by gnu8 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @09:04AM (#37321466)
Almost anything; they won’t GPL their driver like they ought to, because they made unwise decisions surrounding the use of material covered by software patents and non-Free licenses, and thus are unable to do so.
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Re:Linux 6.6 to Protect Against Illicit Behavior of Nvidia P... by yrro on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @09:50AM (#37322148)
Aren't they re-architecting & creating a new, free software driver that's only responsible for memory management & conveying requests from the user through to to the _real_ computer running on the GPU?
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Re:Linux 6.6 to Protect Against Illicit Behavior of Nvidia P... by jujube3 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @05:10PM (#37329200)
Don't clutter up this thread with actual facts and information.
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