From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Chapman Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s), linux-embedded@vger list Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:39:48 +0100 Message-ID: <48523254.2070507@katalix.com> References: <1209577322.25560.402.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <200806102235.09598.rob@landley.net> <484F66F8.4020409@snapgear.com> <200806111941.51221.rob@landley.net> <20080612182529.GB7423@nibiru.local> <485190E8.80705@cisco.com> <48519837.1090902@katalix.com> <8bd0f97a0806121446i68af3b96sbe51cc510f7d4fb6@mail.gmail.com> <48519AD1.7020503@am.sony.com> <8bd0f97a0806121456y7a79649bp41d02fee6ae89b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <8bd0f97a0806121456y7a79649bp41d02fee6ae89b@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Mike Frysinger Cc: Tim Bird , David VomLehn , weigelt@metux.de, Linux Embedded Maillist Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Tim Bird wrote: >> Mike Frysinger wrote: >>>> Er, is that GPL or LGPL code that you're modifying? If so, you *have* to >>>> push those code changes out (make them available to others), whether you >>>> think people will be interested or not! >>> umm, not really. only if (1) he gives a binary to someone and (2) >>> they ask him for the source. if he doesnt distribute or no one asks, >>> he doesnt have to do squat. >> This is closer to correct, but missing some important details. >> >> Start the GPL compliance tutorial/flameware in 3, 2, 1... > > yeah, i really dont think licensing things belong here. sorry for following up. > > how about this policy: if you want to make a statement, go pay a > lawyer. but that statement still shouldnt be made here ;). > -mike Sorry, I didn't mean to provoke a GPL flame war. The point I was trying to make (badly as it turns out) is that if a company really wants to see its changes taken upstream, it could simply publish the work on its website and let each relevant community know that it's there. A diff of the changes would be ideal. This is above and beyond what they have to do under GPL terms of course. There's no need for a company to filter out changes that it thinks others won't be interested in. -- James Chapman Katalix Systems Ltd http://www.katalix.com Catalysts for your Embedded Linux software development