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

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

The other probably larger issue is Mplayer and the inclusion of the
Microsoft codecs.  These are illegal in North America.

Right now there are too many possible legal hurdles for my liking and I
can't afford to hire a lawyer to prove myself innocent or see how it plays
out.

I can't take the chance that any of this goes to court and we have to prove
our innocence.  I owe it to my family to not put us in this kind of shaky
legal status.  Hell, I can't even afford to replace my failed hard drive
right now - lol.

With that said and with great regrets, I am dropping out of Linux
development permanently.

It just doesn't make sense to keep this hobby going with all the possible
negative aspects surrounding it right now.

It has been a pleasure working with you all and I hope all of this just
blows over for Robert's sake and for all of you.

Robert - anything that I have provided to VL under the GPL, is now your
property solely and you can change any copyright texts where my name is
mentioned to yours.

Regards,
Tony



On 7/6/06, Sriram Durbha <sri...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Guys,
>  I spent some more time on this and after deep thought, realised that we
> have no problems if we dont preinstall the Nvidia/ati drivers .
>
> here are the possible solutions.
>
> 1. provide a dialog that informs the user that they wont get the sources
> for the Nvidia drivers, but can get the sources for all the others stuff ,
> and that they can proceed with the install only if they agree that they
> understand this.  Also they should agree that if they give their copy of VL
> to any one else, they also agree to the above clause.
>
> 2. provide instructions / tool to install the Nvidia/ATI driver
> themselves.  they have to agree that if they give their copy of VL to a
> third person, the third person has to be aware of the situation.
>
> 3. Provide the info /tools through the forum. not officially as part of
> the distro.
>
> I want to have these reviewed by someone at EFF.  if we agree on our
> situation, we can find a solution that is acceptable to the EFF.
>
> I dont like the idea of us backing off after so much effort by so many
> people.  There are a lot of users who LOVE VL.  Im sure we can find a
> solution out of this pedantic legal mess.
> please comment
> cheers
> ram
>
>
>
> On 6/30/06, hanumizzle <han...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> > On 6/30/06, Tony Brijeski <tb...@gm...> wrote:
> > > More fuel for the fire.
> > >
> > > http://technocrat.net/d/2006/6/30/5032
> >
> > I don't think Canada give full faith and credit to silly U.S. software
> > patents. There already exists a legal precedent against patenting
> > mathematical formulae (CS processes are similar in nature): c.f.
> > Schlumberger Canada Ltd. v. Commissioner of Patents (1981).
> >
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