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Ubuntu Developer Summit report: X.org improvements, driver controversy, andbling (Linux.com)

Posted Nov 16, 2006 16:36 UTC (Thu) by notamisfit (subscriber, #40886)
In reply to: Ubuntu Developer Summit report: X.org improvements, driver controversy, andbling (Linux.com) by grouch
Parent article: Ubuntu Developer Summit report: X.org improvements, driver controversy, and bling (Linux.com)

NVIDIA's in the clear as long as they're not the ones shipping the kernel modules. As for Ubuntu, they've got a cutesy little dodge in which the blob is only linked to kernel code when the system is booted. It's despicable, but it doesn't seem to be a GPL violation.

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