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Nvidia bans using translation layers for CUDA software (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 8 months ago by quinkin@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I read the article, and a few points stuck out to me:

This has been a restriction since 2021; now it’s documented in the files and not just the online EULA (ie consistent)
This is a protection to disallow other companies like Intel and AMD from profiting off of Nvidia’s work
Nothing is stopping anybody from porting the software to other hardware, eg

Recompiling existing CUDA programs remains perfectly legal. To simplify this, both AMD and Intel have tools to port CUDA programs to their ROCm (1) and OpenAPI platforms, respectively.

I’m all for piracy and personal freedoms, but it doesn’t seem to be what this is about. It’s about combating other companies profiting off Nvidia’s work. Companies should be able to fight back against other companies (or countries).

I mean it’s not like Nvidia is unreasonably suing open-source projects into oblivion or anything, or subpoenaing websites for user data; at least, not yet.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Their motive is likely more profit but the result is an unjust restriction on user software freedom. It doesn't matter if they make less money, maximising profit is not why we grant them copyright. Nvidia is often unreasonable, fuck off Nvidia.

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

maximising profit is not why we grant them copyright

That’s the only reason copyright exists. Because society decided that if you’re the one to put work into developing something, you should be the one reaping the profits, at least for some time.