Il giorno lun 3 ott 2022 alle ore 20:42 Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org> ha scritto:
> On Mon, 03 Oct 2022 at 19:52:23 +0200, Roberto A. Foglietta wrote: > > reading this link here below, it seems that compilation and repackaging > the > > content is prohibited by their license. What's your opinion on this? > > Please note that the Debian maintainers of nvidia-graphics-drivers have > received special permission from Nvidia beyond what is allowed by the > license in the .run archive. Please see > > https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/copyright-510.85.02-2 > (or equivalent for other versions) for details. > > If you plan to repackage this driver outside Debian or distribute it > commercially, you will need to talk to Nvidia directly, or obtain your > own legal advice. > Thank you Simon for the prompt reply. Are you referring to the special permission given by e-mail by Donald Randall in 2003? Randall Donald http://www.khensu.org rdon...@debian.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/randalldonald/ On which Linkedin profile is reported a volunteer activity as external for NVIDIA Volunteering Debian Developer and Archive MaintainerDeveloper and Archive Maintainer Jan 2001 - Jan 2010 · 9 yrs 2 mosJan 2001 - Jan 2010 · 9 yrs 2 mos Science and Technology Debian developer most notably responsible for leading the NVIDIA packaging team. 2001 - 2010 Please, could you explain to me how a company external voluntary could have delivered a legally binding permission? Best regards, R-
