[Vectorlinux-devel] GPL Issues surrounding Mepis and the can of worms he opened.

[Tony B. <tb...@gm...>]

How does everyone feel about this?

The effort I'm working on will put us in GPL compliance moving forward as
far as the normal stuff goes.

What about the issue behind acrobat, nvidia and ati drivers, mplayer, etc?

I personally do not want to get in any legal situation over this.  Since we
are not paid and VL isn't exactly a money making machine, how would we take
care of the legal fees if needed?

This whole thing is kinda making me want to step away from developing
linux permanently and just do my own thing for my own purposes.  It seems
these issues are starting to creep up more and more. Not long ago there was
a thing with one of the other distros that was providing nvidia drivers and
a kernel dev forced him to stop.

IMHO - this is killing linux.

According to both those recent issues, we are not in compliance for sure so
what are we going to do about it?

Remember - since VL is sold and has an online store per se, it is considered
a commercial distribution and as such must play the game in the same manner
Redhat, Mandriva and Novell are playing the game.

Robert - I'd really like your take on all of this as this is starting to
become a serious issue.

My personal legal status is far more important to me than anything else
especially considering there is no financial gain from developing to offset
any legal issues.  I am watching these 2 issues very closely to decide what
I will do.

I would really like all of you to put your 2 cents in regardless.

Regards,
Tony