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Re:AMD RDNA 4 – AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Graphics Cards by ryao on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:06AM (#43206405)
It was a maintainer decision. The symbol could easily have been a regular export.
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Re:AMD RDNA 4 – AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Graphics Cards by ChocolateGod on Friday February 28, 2025 @11:52AM (#43207726)
Alternatively Nvidia could of respected the software license of the kernel.
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Re:AMD RDNA 4 – AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Graphics Cards by ryao on Friday February 28, 2025 @04:07PM (#43210890)
The kernel’s graphics drivers are usually MIT licensed. This dates back to code being moved from userland into the kernel for DRM, which was Linux’s idea. The Linux kernel developers are the ones who rocked the boat here.
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Re:AMD RDNA 4 – AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Graphics Cards by ChocolateGod on Saturday March 01, 2025 @04:30AM (#43217614)
You're confusing the userland graphics libraries (Mesa) and the kernel drivers (nouveau etc). The kernel ones are all GPL.

The userland libraries are MIT because everything links to them, including propriety software.

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