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GPL-only symbols and ndiswrapperGPL-only symbols and ndiswrapperPosted Oct 26, 2006 23:43 UTC (Thu) by filipjoelsson (subscriber, #2622)In reply to: GPL-only symbols and ndiswrapper by drag Parent article: GPL-only symbols and ndiswrapper
A lot of "probably" in there.
The nvidia binary module is developed for Windows. Ndiswrapper is a shim to load proprietary drivers developed for Windows, exactly the same as the nvidia shim is. The only difference is that ndiswrapper is a generalized framework whereas the nvidia shim is specialized for just one driver.
So the following question is perfectly valid: Why should ndiswrapper use GPL-symbols when the nvidia shim can't? Both are shipped as source, and ndiswrapper relies on the user providing the proprietary driver.
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