On Thursday 03 April 2008, Jeffrey Watts wrote:
Well, Linus has publicly stated that what nVidia is doing is okay. That's better than "implied permission", it _is_ permission. See my above overuse of caps.
And if you were paying attention, LINUS DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION LIKE THIS BECAUSE HE DOES NOT HOLD COPYRIGHT OVER ALL THE CODE INVOLVED.