SUSE launches new European digital sovereignty service to meet surging demand

Re:SUSE launches new European digital sovereignty service to... by shakna on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @09:42AM (#44509946)

Because its in scope for their support license that you're paying them for.

nVidia is neither Java nor a web server.

https://www.suse.com/support/policy-products/

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Re:SUSE launches new European digital sovereignty service to... by tremon on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @01:39PM (#44512810)

I'm unsure what argument you are trying to make here? The page you linked makes no reference at all to nVidia. And directly below where it mentions Java (web servers are not mentioned at all, only web browsers), it also excludes:

  * All 3rd party binaries such as fonts, sounds, artwork and branding

And further down, it also excludes:

  * Packages without public available source
  * Packages with non-Open Source license

I'm not sure if SuSE considers nVidia drivers to be 3rd party or not, but they are definitely without public available source and without an Open Source license.

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Re:SUSE launches new European digital sovereignty service to... by shakna on Thursday July 10, 2025 @03:51AM (#44518446)

Hardware is not excluded. Driver in-kernel are not excluded - ALL service packs are included. ALL modules are included.

nVidia not being mentioned, means they're not excluded.

nVidia certainly seem to think that their drivers are open source [0]. You'll also note that nVidia seem to think SUSE will provide source for those driver modules, in that announcement.

[0] https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-releases-open-sourc...

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