To: Joshua Penix <jpenix@binarytribe.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL
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From: Doug McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org>
Date: 28 Jun 2003 11:05:59 -0400
In-Reply-To: Joshua Penix's message of "27 Jun 2003 23:12:41 -0700"
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Joshua Penix <jpenix@binarytribe.com> writes:

> On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 22:51, Fluke wrote:
> >   Dell is providing binary only derived works of the Linux kernel and the 
> > modutils package at ftp://ftp.dell.com/fixes/boot-floppy-rh9.tar.gz
> > 
> >   The GPL appears to provide four terms under section 3 that Dell may 
> > legally redistribute these works:
> > 
> > - In regards to GPL 3a, Dell does *NOT* provide the source code as part of 
> > the tar.gz
> 
> Stop right there.  Yes they do.  Mount those images and you'll find boot
> disks identical to the RedHat-provided ones, except that the vmlinuz
> kernel image is different.  The difference is produced by applying the
> 'serverworks.patch' file that is ALSO included right along with the disk
> images.

AIUI, they need to supply full source, not just a patch against code
you get from someone else.

-Doug
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