[olug] [OT] Video Card Recommendation

[Luke-Jr]

On Saturday 12 December 2009 03:55:02 pm Adam Lassek wrote:
> No it doesn't. The Linux-specific shim is GPL. It interacts with a generic
> binary driver, which is not Linux-derivative. It's a grey area, but there
>  is no GPL code in their closed-source driver.

GPL'd code, such as you admit the Linux-specific shim to be, *cannot* link 
with a binary driver. The GPL forbids distribution altogether in that 
scenario.