Hi all,

reading this link here below, it seems that compilation and repackaging
the content is prohibited by their license. What's your opinion on this?

https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/10082/geforce-nvidia-driver-license-for-commerical-use

In fact, up today (515.76) the .run archive that contains the driver and
the CUDA libraries is licenced in a way for which two essential operations
are not permitted:

§2.1.2 does not allow the compilation essential for deliver a binry driver §2.1.3 does not allow to repackage the .run content in many .deb packages

The license could be found inside the .run archive downloadable from this
url

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix

Best regards, R-

<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<br><br> reading this link here below, it seems that compilation and repackaging the content is prohibited by their license. What&#39;s your opinion on this?<br><br><a href="https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/10082/
geforce-nvidia-driver-license-for-commerical-use">https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/10082/geforce-nvidia-driver-license-for-commerical-use</a><br><br>In fact, up today (515.76) the .run archive that contains the driver and the CUDA libraries
is licenced in a way for which two essential operations are not permitted:<br><br>§2.1.2 does not allow the compilation essential for deliver a binry driver<br>§2.1.3 does not allow to repackage the .run content in many .deb packages<br><br>The license
could be found inside the .run archive downloadable from this url<br><br><a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix">https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix</a><br><div><br></div><div>Best regards, R-</div></div>

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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.

smcv

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On Mon, 03 Oct 2022 at 21:12:50 +0200, Roberto A. Foglietta wrote:

Are you referring to the special permission given by e-mail by Donald Randall in 2003?

I think you're misreading the copyright file. Randall Donald is a Debian contributor who asked Nvidia for permission to redistribute their driver,
and got a reply (which is quoted in the copyright file) from someone
named Andy.

smcv

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Il giorno lun 3 ott 2022 alle ore 20:42 Simon McVittie <[email protected]> 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
[email protected]
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-

<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Il giorno lun 3 ott 2022 alle ore 20:42 Simon McVittie &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; ha scritto:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:
0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Mon, 03 Oct 2022 at 19:52:23 +0200, Roberto A. Foglietta wrote:<br>
&gt;  reading this link here below, it seems that compilation and repackaging the<br>
&gt; content is prohibited by their license. What&#39;s your opinion on this?<br>

Please note that the Debian maintainers of nvidia-graphics-drivers have<br> received special permission from Nvidia beyond what is allowed by the<br> license in the .run archive. Please see<br>
<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/copyright-510.85.02-2" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/copyright-510.85.02-2</a><br>
(or equivalent for other versions) for details.<br>

If you plan to repackage this driver outside Debian or distribute it<br> commercially, you will need to talk to Nvidia directly, or obtain your<br>
own legal advice.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thank you Simon for the prompt reply. </div><div><br></div>Are you referring to the special permission given by e-mail by Donald Randall in 2003?<br><br>Randall Donald<br><a href="http://www.khensu.
org" target="_blank">http://www.khensu.org</a> <br><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/randalldonald/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/randalldonald/</a></div><div
class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On which Linkedin profile is reported a volunteer activity as external for NVIDIA</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Volunteering Debian<br>Developer and Archive
MaintainerDeveloper and Archive Maintainer<br>Jan 2001 - Jan 2010 · 9 yrs 2 mosJan 2001 - Jan 2010 · 9 yrs 2 mos<br>Science and Technology<br>Debian developer most notably responsible for leading the NVIDIA packaging team. <br>2001 - 2010<br></div><div
class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Please, could you explain to me how a company external voluntary could have delivered a legally binding permission?</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Best regards, R-</

<div class="gmail_quote"><br><div><br></div></div></div>

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Il giorno lun 3 ott 2022 alle ore 21:50 Simon McVittie <[email protected]> ha scritto:

On Mon, 03 Oct 2022 at 21:12:50 +0200, Roberto A. Foglietta wrote:

Are you referring to the special permission given by e-mail by Donald

Randall

in 2003?

I think you're misreading the copyright file. Randall Donald is a Debian contributor who asked Nvidia for permission to redistribute their driver,
and got a reply (which is quoted in the copyright file) from someone
named Andy.

Thanks Simon for this clarification but it is not enough yet and I will
quickly explain to you why.

Could you bring to our attention the original e-mail or the name/e-mail
address of Andy working for nVidia, please?

Because the e-mail address [email protected] does not exist anymore and he does not reply by Linkedin.

I personally spoke with a USA nVidia manager about licensing in a video conference call and he assured me that the only way to legally receive the nVidia software is downloading from their website.

Moreover, he was acknowledged that the aim was to use Debian. It might
happen that everybody in the two teams was wrong but why not suggest to
rely directly on Debian, then? It would have been great.

Best, R-

P.S.: forget the other email without the reply to the m-list, thanks.

<div dir="ltr">Il giorno lun 3 ott 2022 alle ore 21:50 Simon McVittie &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; ha scritto:<br>&gt;<br>&gt; On Mon, 03 Oct 2022 at 21:12:50 +0200, Roberto A. Foglietta wrote:<br>&gt; &gt; Are you
referring to the special permission given by e-mail by Donald Randall<br>&gt; &gt; in 2003?<br>&gt;<br>&gt; I think you&#39;re misreading the copyright file. Randall Donald is a Debian<br>&gt; contributor who asked Nvidia for permission to redistribute
their driver,<br>&gt; and got a reply (which is quoted in the copyright file) from someone<br>&gt; named Andy.<br>&gt;<div><br></div><div>Thanks Simon for this clarification but it is not enough yet and I will quickly explain to you why.<div><br></div><

Could you bring to our attention the original e-mail or the name/e-mail address of Andy working for nVidia, please? </div><div> </div><div>Because the e-mail address <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> does

not exist anymore and he does not reply by Linkedin.<div><br><div>I personally spoke with a USA nVidia manager about licensing in a video conference call and he assured me that the only way to legally receive the nVidia software is downloading from their
website.</div><div><br></div><div>Moreover, he was acknowledged that the aim was to use Debian. It might happen that everybody in the two teams was wrong but why not suggest to rely directly on Debian, then? It would have been great.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Best, R-</div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>P.S.: forget the other email without the reply to the m-list, thanks.</div></div>

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