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Nvidia module does not taint kernel anymore!


For the uninitiated: If the linux kernel is asked to load a module with an incompatible license, it's called "tainted": https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-k...


> load a module with an incompatible license

Loading any out-of-tree module taints the kernel, for example the vbox modules are GPL: https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/virtualbox-h...


I saw this message scroll by during booting, somewhere in 2004? I searched for it online and those were my first lessons on foss and the GPL. How great to see this happening. Is it the hack (I don't think so)? Is it the succes of Steam (Deck)? Is is Proton? Deep Learning? Probably all of it…


16xx, 20xx, 30xx, and some enterprise cards. Still great progress.


lol!




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