What is the consequence of this?
Will the drivers work worse or outright break?
Why would the average Linux user who doesn't give a shit about licensing want this?
Will the drivers work worse or outright break?
Why would the average Linux user who doesn't give a shit about licensing want this?
This whole issue is the result of Nvidia shoveling closed source code into a copyleft ecosystem. Of course they're going to be met with resistance. They could open-source their drivers and use the GPL symbols, of course, but unlike AMD or Intel I doubt they're going to do that.
As for why Linux users would give a shit: if you don't, Nvidia hardware works a lot better on Windows and WSL2 will let you do anything Linux distros will let you do. You're also free to stick to Linux 6.5.
They already have, but their open modules only work on newer cards. https://github.com/nvidia/open-gpu-kernel-modules.
Knowing Nvidia and how shit a company they are, they'll probably just drop Linux support for their older cards at some point and blame Linux.
It's absolutely normal that the authors of GPL code defend their licensed work against violations, regardless what the users of said code want. Imagine Microsoft openly using GPL code in their closed programs, but as the average user doesn't give a shit should they get a free pass?