Copyright nVidia 1996?

[DataPath]

I saw this at the end of the N810 user manual on the FCC site:


Copyright © 1996 NVIDIA, Corp. NVIDIA design patents
pending in the U.S. and foreign countries.

NVIDIA, CORP. MAKES NO REPRESENTATION ABOUT THE
SUITABILITY OF THIS SOURCE CODE FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS
PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND. NVIDIA, CORP. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
WITH REGARD TO THIS SOURCE CODE, INCLUDING ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL NVIDIA,
CORP. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR
PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS
SOURCE CODE.

Open source software notice


Does anybody know what this is about?

edit: Nevermind. The N800 manual had the same notice. So this is nothing new, and certainly not anything specific to 2008 OS

[jzencovich]

Food for thought: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kLFPfaxQ6U&eurl=

My guess though is some of the code for the OS was written by nvidia... some GPLed code.... i dunno.

[rs-px]

Food for thought: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kLFPfaxQ6U&eurl=

My guess though is some of the code for the OS was written by nvidia... some GPLed code.... i dunno.

Don't forget that part of Nvidia's Linux driver is open source. It's only the binary blob that the Nvidia module hooks into that's proprietary. So Nokia might have modified the Nvidia module for its own needs to hook into its own binary blob for perhaps wifi.

[DataPath]

yes, but what nVidia hardware is there in the Nokia Internet Tablets? I'm not aware of any.

[rs-px]

yes, but what nVidia hardware is there in the Nokia Internet Tablets? I'm not aware of any.

None, but there might be some code -- open source, and all that.