What is Lineo doing?

[Wayne Pascoe]

Here is a bit off of slashdot. I'm not sure how acurate it is, but it
seems to claim that the GPL bits are redistributable... So if I'm reading
this correctly, there isn't a problem... Or is there ?


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Sorry for any confusion on this matter. It looks like some people read the
license, but I will point out a few parts for those who haven't yet: In
the first paragraph of the license it states: 

"Any product provided along with the Software that is associated
with a separate end-user license agreement is licensed to you under the
terms of that license agreement." 

	  Also, later in the license it says: 

"GPL Software" is not owned by Lineo and is distributed to you by Lineo
for your use. GPL Software is distributed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License, Version 2, June 1991, a copy of which accompanies
this EULA" 

          and: 

"Lineo will provide source code for any of the components of the Software
licensed under the GNU General Public License. To obtain such source code,
send email to embedix-support en lineo.com" 

Unfortunately, the mail account for embedix-support en lineo.com was unmanned
yesterday and today. However, we are actively working on manning it and
making the source code available on our FTP site. This will be in the form
of Source RPM files. I am leaving town tonight, but it should happen in my
absence, sometime this week.

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This looks like it came from someone at lineo...

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/* Wayne Pascoe <wayne en moneyworld.co.uk> - MoneyWorld 

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do it for the show - Terry Pratchett (Soul Music)            */

On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Manfred Spraul wrote:

> From: "Jeffrey B. Siegal" <jbs en quiotix.com>
> >     Embedix Linux is available immediately as a free, not-for-resale
> >     download from www.lineo.com. Embedix Linux 1.0 is also available
> >     in CD-ROM form for $29.99 from Lineo's Web store. Contact Lineo's
> >     embedded OEM sales team for royalty-based pricing for implementing
> >     Embedix Linux on embedded devices.
> >
> > Huh?
> 
> Where's the problem?
> * the Linux _kernel_ is placed under the GPL.
> * many Linux user space applications are placed under the GPL.
> * user space programs that run under Linux have no licence restriction at
> all. (read the beginning of the COPYING document that's part of the Linux
> source code)
> * I just checked the lineo pages, and it seems that they wrote their own
> installer, and that they wrote a special, tiny web server [or client?].
> 
> Now they can license the _complete_ package under any license they want,
> because it contains proprietary parts.
> 
> But it's possible that their distribution also contains patches to GPL'ed
> programs. As far as I understand the GPL, you could download the lineo
> distribution, and check their SRPMS. _If_ a SRPM contains a patch to a
> GPL'ed program, then _that_ patch is automagically placed under the GPL.
> (and _only_ that patch, not the entire CD) [but i'm no laywer, so beware]
> 
> --
>     Manfred
> 
> 
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