Re: Nazi kernels

["Jim Roland" <jroland@roland.net>]

By the way, I use the NVidia drivers for the kernel and X...as long as the
instructions are followed (to compile) or an RPM is used, it all works fine.
:)


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Fedyk" <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
To: <lobo@polbox.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: Nazi kernels


> On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 04:34:42AM +0100, lobo@polbox.com wrote:
> > because nazi kernel's don't allow me to load modules needed for my
> > graphic card. What will be next, maybe you disable to run non GPL
> > executables under linux ?
> >
>
> You must be thinking of nvidia's kernel module...
>
> With the new module licenes, they do not keep you from loading or even
> making the modules.  It just lets the community know that they don't need
to
> support bug reports from these kernels.
>
> The *seperate* issue of gpl symbols will also not affect current symbols,
> only new symbols that people add in the future.
>
> Mike
>
> PS, I don't think our community needs people who jump to colclusions like
> this.  Have you even read LKML?!
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