From: Oliver Xymoron <oxymoron@waste.org>
To: jeff millar <wa1hco@adelphia.net>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Monta Vista software license terms
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 01:18:54 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030210071854.GH28107@waste.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01c601c2cd7c$be4002a0$6a01a8c0@wa1hco>
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 08:11:55PM -0500, jeff millar wrote:
> So...could some kind soul with the source simply post it somewhere?
> MontaVista doesn't have to provide it on their site. But they can't prevent
> anyone with a copy from posting it. I've got some hardware from an old
> project running hardhat linux and would like to upgrade.
>
> They used to post it and it helped. I had a "frank exchange of views" with
> the MontaVista marketing folks about their change in policy a while back.
>
> Some questions about posting the source, though...
> 1. Can MontaVista add separate terms to their purchase agreement that
> forbid/discourage/impede publishing the source?
Can they or do they? I know that people I've worked with have signed
broad NDAs on code they've gotten from MontaVista, though such
agreements almost certainly qualify as 'additional restrictions'
against the GPL.
--
"Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-10 7:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-05 11:58 Monta Vista software license terms Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-05 17:04 ` Disconnect
2003-02-05 17:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 17:10 ` Robert Love
2003-02-05 17:18 ` Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-05 17:23 ` Robert Love
2003-02-05 17:36 ` andrea.glorioso
2003-02-05 17:57 ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-05 18:13 ` andrea.glorioso
2003-02-05 18:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 18:24 ` Steven Dake
2003-02-05 18:28 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 19:41 ` Alan Cox
2003-02-05 18:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 18:52 ` Steven Dake
2003-02-05 18:31 ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-05 18:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 18:41 ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-05 18:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 19:00 ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-05 18:51 ` Ben Greear
2003-02-05 18:54 ` Dana Lacoste
2003-02-05 18:56 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 19:25 ` Hugo Mills
2003-02-06 8:08 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-02-05 18:44 ` Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-05 17:16 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-02-05 17:38 ` andrea.glorioso
2003-02-05 17:54 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 18:04 ` andrea.glorioso
2003-02-06 1:11 ` jeff millar
2003-02-06 2:19 ` James Buchanan
2003-02-06 9:12 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-02-06 14:37 ` Alan Cox
2003-02-06 18:41 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-02-06 19:14 ` Charles Cazabon
2003-02-06 20:36 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-02-10 7:18 ` Oliver Xymoron [this message]
2003-02-10 7:24 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-10 13:24 ` Alan Cox
2003-02-10 17:42 ` Oliver Xymoron
2003-02-10 21:33 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-11 7:42 ` Horst von Brand
2003-02-11 19:39 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-11 20:42 ` Horst von Brand
2003-02-11 22:11 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-12 8:00 ` Horst von Brand
2003-02-12 13:26 ` Mark Hounschell
2003-02-12 15:32 ` Chris Friesen
2003-02-12 20:18 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-13 2:21 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-02-13 2:41 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-13 3:01 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-02-12 3:25 ` Derek Fawcus
2003-02-12 4:13 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-05 18:47 ` Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-05 17:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 18:17 ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-05 18:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 18:33 ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-05 18:40 ` Russell King
2003-02-06 11:31 ` Alex Bennee
2003-02-05 17:28 ` Chris Friesen
2003-02-05 17:31 ` Russell King
2003-02-05 19:15 ` Alan Cox
2003-02-05 19:02 ` Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-05 19:12 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-02-05 21:11 ` Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-06 23:06 ` Bill Davidsen
2003-02-06 23:59 ` Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-09 14:52 ` Bill Davidsen
2003-02-09 16:50 ` Nilmoni Deb
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-02-06 19:11 Dan Kegel
2003-02-06 20:38 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-02-07 17:28 ` Dan Kegel
2003-02-11 22:27 Larry McVoy
[not found] <20030212201840.AAA15967%shell.webmaster.com@whenever>
2003-02-12 20:46 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-02-12 21:30 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-12 21:41 ` Derek Fawcus
[not found] <20030212213022.AAA17490%shell.webmaster.com@whenever>
2003-02-12 21:43 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-02-12 22:31 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-12 23:04 ` Daniel Forrest
2003-02-12 23:28 ` David Schwartz
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