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ryao
71 days ago
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AMD RDNA 4 – AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Graphics Ca...
It was a maintainer decision. The symbol could easily have been a regular export.
ChocolateGod
71 days ago
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Alternatively Nvidia could of respected the software license of the kernel.
ryao
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The kernel’s graphics drivers are usually MIT licensed. This dates back to code being moved from userland into the kernel for DRM, which was Linux’s idea. The Linux kernel developers are the ones who rocked the boat here.
ChocolateGod
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You're confusing the userland graphics libraries (Mesa) and the kernel drivers (nouveau etc). The kernel ones are all GPL.
The userland libraries are MIT because everything links to them, including propriety software.
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