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Kororaa Accused of Violating GPL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the penguin-is-confused dept.

AlanS2002 writes "The Kororaa Project, a pre-configured binary install method for Gentoo Linux which bundles nVidia's and ATI binary drivers in its Kororaa Xgl Live CD , has put its Live CD on hold after being accused of violating the GPL. The issue appears to be the distribution of the Linux Kernel and nVidia's/ATI binary drivers together. When the binary drivers are built the GPL'ed code is included in the binary result, which is a violation."

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  1. Problem is with binary drivers license by Pecisk · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ...NOT GPL here. AFAIK, Nvidia doesn't allow ANYONE, except maybe some commercial distros, distribute their drivers with GPL software, more or less.

    There are certainly legal gotchas with such distribution as Kororaa, but my pick is that GPL is "lesser evil" here.

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  2. Re: point 1 and 2 by Vyvyan+Basterd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's because the kernel and X people are daft. Stuff that fiddles with hardware registers has no business being in userland. It makes the X server one big honking exploit waiting to happen.

  3. Doom 3 and UT 2004 are proprietary by tepples · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I just happen to enjoy playing Doom3 and UT 2004. What card other than an ATI or Nvidia is going to pull that off and has open source drivers?

    You're using open source drivers, but then you go and (censored) it up by using a closed source game.

  4. Re:All the more reason... by mrchaotica · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    You have no business in telling me which OS to use or quit using.
    And you have no business whining about the fact that Linux is GPL! You chose to use it, therefore you must accept the fact that FREEDOM is the point, NOT utility! If you care more for utility than Freedom, BSD makes more sense for you. You're welcome to use Linux anyway, but don't pretend that somehow entitles you to try to turn Linux into BSD!

    And if you do switch to BSD (which would apparently make sense given your attitude), don't come crying to me when nothing works because commercial entities are even less likely to contribute back for fear of others gaining an advantage and not having to reciprocate.
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  5. Re:All the more reason... by geminidomino · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And you have no business whining about the fact that Linux is GPL! You chose to use it, therefore you must accept the fact that FREEDOM is the point, NOT utility! If you care more for utility than Freedom, BSD makes more sense for you.

    If that's not zealot-sign, I don't know what is. "Freedom" might be the point for a dogma-swinging fanatic like yourself (although the BSD license is more "free" for any sane definition of "freedom" anyway). Others like myself may prefer it for the increased power and flexibility. Or some might prefer the price tag.