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NVIDIA Platform Requirement for Proprietary Components

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Key Facts · in the document’s own words

What systems are NVIDIA software development kits, NVIDIA drivers, and NVIDIA Omniverse licensed solely to run on?
“The following proprietary Software components are licensed solely to run on systems with NVIDIA Platforms: (a) NVIDIA software development kits (such as CUDA toolkit, TensorRT, cuDNN), (b) NVIDIA drivers, and (c) NVIDIA Omniverse.”
Version CA-V-006863, captured Sept. 11, 2026 · live source ↗
Our reading, not the document’s words
NVIDIA NIM licenses certain proprietary Software components—specifically NVIDIA software development kits (such as CUDA toolkit, TensorRT, cuDNN), NVIDIA drivers, and NVIDIA Omniverse—solely to run on systems with NVIDIA Platforms.
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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This clause restricts specific proprietary components to NVIDIA Platform hardware, preventing their use on non-NVIDIA systems.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Customers may only run NVIDIA SDKs (such as CUDA toolkit, TensorRT, cuDNN), NVIDIA drivers, and NVIDIA Omniverse on systems that include NVIDIA Platforms.

How other platforms handle this

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Actions which impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure, or detrimentally interfere with, intercept, or expropriate any system, data, or information

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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The following proprietary Software components are licensed solely to run on systems with NVIDIA Platforms: (a) NVIDIA software development kits (such as CUDA toolkit, TensorRT, cuDNN), (b) NVIDIA drivers, and (c) NVIDIA Omniverse.

Excerpt from NVIDIA NIM's Product Specific Terms for NVIDIA AI Products

Applicable regulations

Trump Executive Order on AI Policy Framework
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Provision details

Document information
Document
Product Specific Terms for NVIDIA AI Products
Entity
NVIDIA NIM
Date stated by the document
April 15, 2026
As printed in NVIDIA NIM’s text (version CA-V-006863), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
May 12, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-006863, captured Sept. 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-061896
Document ID
CA-D-000821
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Archived bytes SHA-256 (version CA-V-006863)
e30fa0bb26a7649cf0d0020902caa04d79e4eccc5a23ad7fb5b423960b9a1a85
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 04:15 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-006863, captured Sept. 11, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: NVIDIA NIM
Document: Product Specific Terms for NVIDIA AI Products
Record ID: CA-P-061896
Version: CA-V-006863
Captured: 2026-09-11 01:29:58 UTC
SHA-256: e30fa0bb26a7649c…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/nvidia-nim/product-specific-terms-for-nvidia-ai-products/provision/CA-P-061896/nvidia-platform-requirement-for-proprietary-components/
Accessed: Oct. 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does NVIDIA NIM's NVIDIA Platform Requirement for Proprietary Components clause do?

This clause restricts specific proprietary components to NVIDIA Platform hardware, preventing their use on non-NVIDIA systems.

How does this clause affect you?

Customers may only run NVIDIA SDKs (such as CUDA toolkit, TensorRT, cuDNN), NVIDIA drivers, and NVIDIA Omniverse on systems that include NVIDIA Platforms.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 274 platforms. See the full comparison.

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