They mean distributing Linux + the module together. Like e.g. shipping the Nvidia kernel module alone is fine, but shipping a Linux distro with that module preinstalled is not fine.
This has to be one of the most corporate-simping bloated think pieces I have ever seen.
I didn't even know one could be so in love with the biggest corporations on earth and get enraged at the thought of them not being able to make the largest profit they possibly can.
No, this is not how this works. You have to actually explain yourself here so that others can address your point. Nobody wants to imagine arguments from a half-sentence.