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

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

The nvidia is the one that is in question since the kernel developer put a
cease order against the live cd that included the nvidia drivers due to the
way they interface with the kernel.

On 6/29/06, Sriram Durbha <sri...@gm...> wrote:
>
> My Take on this?
>   we wont be in violation of GPL as long as we provide a means to the
> buyer to acquire the source to those components of VL which are GPL.
> We go one step ahead an provide the source to our tools like VASM also.
> So i dont see any reason to worry.
> From our end all we need to do to be safe is declare that we will try and
> provide a way for those who purchase our distro, a way to get the souorce of
> any GPL'd software that they bought through us.
>
> Thrid Party programs do not affect this situation. Acrobat is not GPL'd so
> we can distribute it as long as Adobe is happy with that situation.
> similarly Nvidia.
>
> Tigger, dont despair or get overly concerned.  You personally can never
> get into any trouble because you develop something.  It is the distributor
> who is in the line of fire.  ofcourse you could be pedantic and say that you
> "distributed" it to us, but we did not buy it from you and wont sue you. [
> we == other devs ].  You are a great developer.  Dont let stuff like this
> get in the way.
>
> So in conclusion, This does not affect the development effort. We can
> continue to progress with VL6 Base.  If htere are any issues with GPL, most
> can be resolved with very little effort.  And even those cropup only on the
> distribution side of things.
>
> cheers
> ram
>
>
>
>
>
> On 6/29/06, hanumizzle <han...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> > On 6/29/06, Tony Brijeski <tb...@gm...> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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?
> >
> > Aren't these non-GPL issues?
> >
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