> nvidia.ko isn't generally considered to be a derived work That's far from clear. Many core developers (including Torvalds, IIRC, but correct me if I'm wrong)

> nvidia.ko isn't generally considered to be a derived work That's far from clear. Many core developers (including Torvalds, IIRC, but correct me if I'm wrong) are on the record that they consider Nvidia to violate the spirit and/or the letter of the GPL there. It's just that nobody cares enough to litigate.