> However, that is not why a lot of open source software is written, and > a lot that was originally written without such restrictions has > subsequently had the viral GPL applied. Actually people have spent time working out where the code came from (usually for marketing reasons so they can claim ther company produced more than rivals!). There is very little code that has gone from other free licences to GPL (and where it has you can always take the original). In each case where code has become GPL it has been *in accordance with the original licence*. Most GPL code has spent its entire existance being GPL code. Even more positively the amount of GPL and other free licenced code continues to grown rapidly and it seems exponentially (although clearly that cannot continue forever!) > my opinion, unlikely, claim. They are staying legal in respect to > whatever pre-existing restrictions may be on included components. There are so many people left to pursue (and as a last resort sue) who are simply pirating GPL code that even if anyone was to go after Nvidia (which I suspect is unlikely) they wouldn't be too high up the queue. Alan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
