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https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_catalyst_kernel&num=1 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_cata... Note that both th

by topkekz 10y ago

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_catalyst_kernel&num=1 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_cata... Note that both the amd and the nvidia kernel modules always have been FOSS because of the GPL license. It's just that nvidia provides it by its own ways, not through the official linux branch, and thus doesn't have to respect linux rules nor to document the driver.

SXX 10y ago
Note that both the amd and the nvidia kernel modules always have been FOSS because of the GPL license. Only open source part of their modules was shim while 99% of driver is contained in blob. That's true for both Nvidia or ATI/AMD fglrx.