"We have received an email claiming that the Kororaa Xgl Live CD is in violation of the GPL. I have been researching this as much as I can, asking many prominent people in the Linux world for their opinion. So far, no-one has agreed with the email, however a few have said to seek legal advice, which I cannot afford to do (but can't afford not to do, if I want to continue the Live CD). As such, the Live CD has been put on hold, until I can sort this out. If I cannot sort this out I will be forced to cease work on the Xgl Live CD."
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Member since:2005-06-29
"distros provide the nvidia/ATI driver out of the box?"
You mean like Xandros and Mandriva right?
http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?products_id=287&osCsid=8...
" It includes commercial software (Flash/Java plugins, JDK, etc.) and non-free drivers (Nvidia and ATI video cards) with an auto installation system."
I couldn't get a quote from Xandros that indicated they included the closed source drivers, but I know they do because I own a copy of version 2 and the nvidia drivers were included.
I also recall, though vaguely, that ubuntu included the closed source nvidia drivers with their distribution as well.
Member since:2005-07-09
Member since:2005-09-15
SlackerJack said: "If you think i'm wrong why do no ther distros provide the nvidia/ATI driver out of the box?,"
me: bunk! Xandros, and Linspire both have the drivers installed "out of the box". What's the difference between what Korraa has done and what they've done? So he changes the wording on his web site to say "the following parts are non-GPL..." like Xandros and Linspire do, big wup.
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2005-11-12
I dont think so, the nvidia and ATI driver are non GPL, providing it with a GPL distro is violating it. If you think i'm wrong why do no ther distros provide the nvidia/ATI driver out of the box?, it's because of what i've said.