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The NVIDIA datacenter use clause is present in the license agreement for the Windows driver, but not on the Linux one.

• kkielhofner 4y ago
  Do you have a reference? What’s the point of the infamous “No Datacenter Deployment. The SOFTWARE is not licensed for datacenter deployment, except that blockchain processing in a datacenter is permitted.” clause if it only applies to Windows?
  • my123 4y ago
    Yes. Windows: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/geforce-license/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/geforce-license/ Linux: https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/520.56.06/license.txt https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/520.56.06/l...
    • kkielhofner 4y ago
      Wow, thanks! This is fascinating and now I'm really confused. Who is using CUDA on Windows in any datacenter application?
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      • smoldesu 4y ago
        I wonder if it's the other way around... maybe this rule was grandfathered in from a time when Microsoft feared companies offering "DirectX as a Service" or whatever. It doesn't really seem like the sort of thing Nvidia would care about, especially considering the licensing of their Unix drivers and considerable enterprise support efforts.