From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Chan Subject: Re: Debian and non-free Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:53:56 -0400 Sender: news Message-ID: <87n04ywm5n.fsf@uhoreg.ca> References: <20040425145238.GQ19049@nysv.org> <874qr7y60b.fsf@uhoreg.ca> <20040426063351.GT19049@nysv.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com >>>>> "Markus" =3D=3D Markus T=F6rnqvist writes: Markus> On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 07:47:32PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: >>>>>>> "Markus" =3D=3D Markus T=F6rnqvist writes: >>=20 >> Or companies can just keep the binary, and their sources, private >> i.e. for internal use only. That kind of use is allowed by the GPL. Markus> Licensing issues give me a headache, that's why IANAL. A bit Markus> off-topic: I thought the GPL allows the above scenario only Markus> until someone requests the changes you've made? Or is that only Markus> in the case that you're distributing a derived work without Markus> source code? The GPL requires that you need to distribute (or provide, on request) the sources to those to whom you provide the binaries. If you don't give anyone the binaries, you don't have to give anyone the modified sources. I think things get complicated for companies -- when does an employee become a part of the corporate entity, and when is he/she a private individual. i.e. do you still have to provide sources to employees? IANAL, so I can't comment. [...] >> I actually wouldn't be surprised if the installer for sarge+1 >> included Reiser4. All that's really needed is for Reiser4 to get >> into the stable kernel, and someone to write (good) support for >> debian-installer. Markus> I started to do this about a week ago. Excellent. I hope you succeed. Unfortunately, I can't offer any assistance, at least not at this time. My pile of side projects is already fairly large. But if you make any significant progress, I'd be interested in hearing from you (as would most of the list, I suppose). --=20 Hubert Chan - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.