From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1QKWcx-0000bp-PE for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 May 2011 10:12:31 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48705) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QJt1p-00007g-Ng for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 May 2011 15:55:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QJt1o-00023o-Mg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 May 2011 15:55:33 -0400 Received: from smtp6-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.6]:34301) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QJt1n-00023T-Rv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 May 2011 15:55:32 -0400 Received: from mat-laptop (unknown [81.57.151.96]) by smtp6-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4CA78223F; Tue, 10 May 2011 21:55:25 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 21:55:18 +0200 From: matthieu castet To: legal@lists.gpl-violations.org, grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: possible gpl violation in easybcd Message-ID: <20110510215518.3ffe6926@mat-laptop> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.22.0; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 212.27.42.6 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 12 May 2011 10:12:30 -0400 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 19:55:34 -0000 Hi, easybcd (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1) is a tools that provide a modified version of grub [1]. At install time the EULA say [2]. The Code@NeoSmart.net doesn't work (doesn't exist). Using the Licensing@NeoSmart.net [3] I got a reply [4] Even if they didn't do any modification, I think they should : - provide a valid email in their EULA - provide a copy of the GPL - provide the version they used and modification they done (if any). Matthieu [1] http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/NeoGrub [2] f. Note that this project ships with executables originally released under the GPL. This does not apply to the entire project nor EasyBCD; it only applies to "MBR.exe" and "NeoGrub.exe." [...] In compliance with the GPL the source code for portions of the EasyBCD package is being made publically available. To request a copy of the code, please forward your request to Code@NeoSmart.net. [3] You should have received a copy of the GPL license along with this program. If you haven`t, please send an email to Licensing@NeoSmart.net. [4] EasyBCD uses these open source codes as standalone modules: http://nufans.net/grub4dos/ http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/