From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CYtq0-0001FP-1k for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:17:40 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CYtpy-0001Ew-Uo for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:17:39 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CYtpy-0001Ei-Ql for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:17:38 -0500 Received: from [64.233.170.202] (helo=rproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CYtfl-0001G5-Lx for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:07:05 -0500 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id y7so5189rne for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:07:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <41e41e7a04112914077ca2da5a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:07:04 +0200 From: Hetz Ben Hamo Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] iemulator In-Reply-To: <1101765254.1658.2377.camel@aragorn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <255DFC56-4244-11D9-8EB4-000A959CB196@alum.mit.edu> <41AB9BD2.8080707@dblab.ece.ntua.gr> <1101765254.1658.2377.camel@aragorn> Reply-To: Hetz Ben Hamo , qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: jhoger@pobox.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Hi, Although the details are different, I think these are the same cheaters who wanted to sell PearPC emulator (check out some cached pages of http://cherryos.com).. Thanks, Hetz On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:54:15 -0800, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 13:59, Elefterios Stamatogiannakis wrote: > > > But info@applebuzz.com does not exist. > > > > Somebody should explain to them what the GPL means, but without > > contact information this cannot happen. > > Have they violated the GPL yet? > > For that to happen, someone has to have the binary distributed to them > (for example, you could buy a copy). That's when the GPL kicks in, since > you can ask for a copy of the GPLed portions of the sourcebase, and they > have to give it to you. > > That said, if they don't give it up, you wouldn't have any standing to > take them to court since you don't own the copyright. The author would > have to initiate legal action. > > But at this point it's not clear to me anything is legally wrong yet. > Morally/ethically however, I'd like to see them be more up front about > the fact that they are selling a packaged QEMU+frontend, rather than > just a brief mention in the FAQ. > > -- John. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >