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Re:Linux 6.6 to Protect Against Illicit Behavior of Nvidia P... by beanjuiceII on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @10:21AM (#37322567)
nvidia are in compliance, they are working around it with a shim, that is why he says the new guards are put in place to enforce the "intention" of the original changes. There is no case
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Re:Linux 6.6 to Protect Against Illicit Behavior of Nvidia P... by Zigurd on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @11:14AM (#37323448)
That's not really how licences work. "Ha, ha I have a workaround that negates the intent of your license with a clever hack" is not a defensible position.
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Re:Linux 6.6 to Protect Against Illicit Behavior of Nvidia P... by beanjuiceII on Thursday August 31, 2023 @03:17PM (#37342347)
that is how licenses work, they aren't about what you "intend"
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