From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1QZmKQ-00081j-GF for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:00:26 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37706) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QZmKJ-000803-OW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:00:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QZmKH-0004H1-2h for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:00:19 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:48439) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QZmKG-0004Gl-MZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:00:16 -0400 Received: by wyg36 with SMTP id 36so1703150wyg.0 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:00:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=pMTj/yZcpNQ5+0intZ1982tCiUO86QKUXSdAa53cWJI=; b=PlJ00V71pd21fDf/WPbWsv0w0NHRAFfsDPTu72AcF9ys78Vh1z1LsT7glB7lu9k1Kg f4+FJ1MqdOwspepVFW4VdhE7wqVHHzStZcHxgFLUpqUhEvJLWxH3ksIcRSvYnil//OF/ C7U2RuizdZn83hR8uRw1t9sKiGF0qbh7kowI8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=RjiFWalsZEW2XOOTfcetVxdn4u7w2Zs5jUFb5MLWcmLJtTafBRLHSrMpVEXbk1ANZt hBDe459fPbdRRHjclsxQ7/45Qb+gsBpo20SIcCEMt17Pw9cN0voSa4Uj2V838A0xXXHB tkeyXENCeRRJjuadTOW3LxvewnZ63jM+XhPWg= Received: by 10.227.154.3 with SMTP id m3mr2084972wbw.31.1308844815081; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:00:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.x201.phnet (183-81.62-81.cust.bluewin.ch [81.62.81.183]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ej7sm1338442wbb.2.2011.06.23.09.00.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E03630A.5050101@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:00:10 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110606 Iceowl/1.0b2 Icedove/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: possible gpl violation in easybcd References: <20110510215518.3ffe6926@mat-laptop> In-Reply-To: <20110510215518.3ffe6926@mat-laptop> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig4AE773610855C0C6BA52CD87" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 74.125.82.169 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: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:00:25 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4AE773610855C0C6BA52CD87 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 10.05.2011 21:55, matthieu castet wrote: > Hi, > > > easybcd (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=3D1) 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 This isn't a requirement of any of licenses satisfying DFSG (including GPL). It's perfectly fine to distribute completely anonymously. > - provide a copy of the GPL Yes. GPL has to be provided > - provide the version they used and modification they done (if any). > They have to provide either a complete source or a written offer to ship one if requested. But first check that they really don't have any source code archive on their website since it's perfectly fine to have a binary-only archive as long as they also provide an archive containing source code. > 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.=20 > > [4] > EasyBCD uses these open source codes as standalone modules: > http://nufans.net/grub4dos/ > http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enig4AE773610855C0C6BA52CD87 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREKAAYFAk4DYwoACgkQNak7dOguQgmNRAEArHsJ2TGR3nmZCZBsyAM1FqnB Tcn8PuRWdj5cuD4l/UEA/jVew0LzuoCDG0lJ8zwJO8KO8b3C5Y4QzzusOoXURrs2 =4Ezd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4AE773610855C0C6BA52CD87--