Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 20:06:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 20:06:14 -0400 Received: from smtp-outbound.cwctv.net ([213.104.18.10]:11798 "EHLO smtp.cwctv.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 20:06:12 -0400 From: To: jbradford@dial.pipex.com, mingo@elte.hu, mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 01:11:29 +0100 Subject: RE: BK MetaData License Problem? MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Liberate TVMail 2.6 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="1033949489250" Message-ID: <0ea2511110007a2DTVMAIL6@smtp.cwctv.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2957 Lines: 68 --1033949489250 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The file must be available for free, seperately if its not poss to include it, the source must say its a GPL, thats about it. Cheers, Dean McEwan. Currently hacking KGI, which I don't understand, oh and ask me about OpenModemTalk... On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 15:23:38 +0100 (BST) jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote: --1033949489250 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.116.70.75]) by smtp.cwctv.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.447.44); Sun, 6 Oct 2002 15:14:00 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 10:09:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 10:09:22 -0400 Received: from 62-190-217-45.pdu.pipex.net ([62.190.217.45]:16393 "EHLO darkstar.example.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 10:09:22 -0400 Received: (from root@localhost) by darkstar.example.net (8.12.4/8.12.4) id g96ENcH3003097; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 15:23:38 +0100 From: jbradford@dial.pipex.com Message-Id: <200210061423.g96ENcH3003097@darkstar.example.net> Subject: Re: BK MetaData License Problem? To: mingo@elte.hu Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 15:23:38 +0100 (BST) Cc: mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "Ingo Molnar" at Oct 06, 2002 04:10:46 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: linux-kernel-owner+Hell.Surfers=40cwctv.net@vger.kernel.org > > until now the Linux kernel tree was distributed in a tarball that had a > nice COPYING file in a very prominent spot. With BK the situation is > different - and like i said in previous mails it's not BK's "fault", but > BK's "effect" - and it's a situation that needs to be remedied, right? Strictly speaking, isn't it a violation of the GPL for somebody to distribute a single file of any GPLed project, without attaching the COPYING file to it? E.G. say somebody makes a CVS tree available via the web - you can download foobar.c without ever seeing the COPYING file. John. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ --1033949489250-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/