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[Luke -Jr]

On Thursday 03 April 2008, Jeffrey Watts wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> >  Again, the GPL applies to source releases just as much as binary
> > releases. Whether they distribute binary or source, they still need to
> > abide by the law.
>
> You sir confuse "law" with "copyright".

Copyright exists only as being a law.

> Any infringement nVidia does is a civil matter, not a criminal one.  

Whether civil or criminal is irrelevant: it is still in violation of the law.

> if you check your history you'd find that in the past these kinds of
> compromises were made all the time.  Do you think that GCC was developed on
> a Free Unix?  Do you think that Linux was originally developed on a Free
> Unix?  There are many other examples. 

Both of your examples are migrating from non-free to free. This situation is 
the exact opposite: free toward non-free.