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https://www.techpowerup.com/239994/nvidi...ta-centers
Quote:NVIDIA recently updated the end-user license agreement (EULA) for their GeForce Software. There's one particular statement in the limitations section that caught our eye. And it reads: No Datacenter Deployment. The SOFTWARE is not licensed for datacenter deployment, except that blockchain processing in a datacenter is permitted. It seems that NVIDIA isn't too happy with data centers that utilize GeForce and TITAN graphics cards instead of the more expensive Quadro or Tesla cards. With this prohibition in place, data centers are forced to either invest in NVIDIA's pricier offerings or completely switch over to AMD. Data centers that are using GeForce products for cryptocoin mining are unaffected by this change in the EULA.
Clearly, NVIDIA isn't wasting any time and has already started to enforce their new EULA. Sakura Internet, one of the largest data centers in Japan, was the first to receive a notice from NVIDIA to stop providing servers with TITAN X products.
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Heavy handiness like this is never good and sure to back fire.
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12-30-2017, 03:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-30-2017, 03:48 AM by BenSkywalker.)
Quote:If I were a medical reseach firm and I wanted to use multiple Titan V's to save money I sure wouldn't be telling nvidia that is what I'm doing.
Four Titans used in workstations wouldn't have anything to do with this, hell hundreds of Titan Vs used in workstations wouldn't.
What this is covering is people buying the Titans, building server farm style setups and then renting out the compute power of those farms.
Think of it like if you bought a movie in the store, then screened it at your house while charging admission. The movie studio would have some issues with that. Same general principal here.
You can get the proper version of the movie that allows you to do that(in this case, Tesla)- but they are going to charge extra for it.
Edit- For the record, I'm not saying I agree with this choice, just stating that the legal precedence is well established and the reasoning behind it isn't exactly 'shit on the little guy'.
