The title text is a snip from the license. Does it mean that an NVAPI-using app can only be sold to customers with nVidia kit? The only usage I’m considering is conditionally calling NvAPI_D3D11_MultiDrawIndexedInstancedIndirect() for speed if green hardware is present.
Tom
- LICENSE.
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