NVidia is essentially open sourcing their Fortran compiler! https://www.llnl.gov/news/nnsa-national-labs-team-nvidia-develop-open-source-fortran-compiler-technology (LLVM may be weak copyleft but people contribute back)
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Nvidia is open sourcing its kernel drivers!
Looks like the popularity of Linux in data centres meant it was valuable from a sales perspective. Still, everyone wins.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-open-kernel&num=1
When Nvidia discusses choosing Ada for security critical software, they mention the cost of fuzzing (slide 17). It's an interesting argument: if the language gives you more assurances, you don't need so much compute to fuzz test!
https://www.slideshare.net/AdaCore/securing-the-future-of-safety-and-security-of-embedded-software
I confess I uninstalled the nvidia binary drivers when they didn't work with a new kernel. I haven't looked back, it's been less painful.
