Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in closed source drivers? | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 02 Jan 2003 01:57:01 +0000 |
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On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 00:31, Paul Jakma wrote: > So I am not quite sure on what basis one could argue the NVidia > driver is not a derivative work, and hence it seems to me the NVidia > driver is technically in material breach of GPL.
I would assume Nvidia's view is based on US caselaw on what constitutes a 'derived work'. The boundaries of copyright are not set by the GPL authors
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