Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263676AbTF3HZW (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 03:25:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263722AbTF3HZW (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 03:25:22 -0400 Received: from imhotep.hursley.ibm.com ([194.196.110.14]:9273 "EHLO tor.trudheim.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263676AbTF3HZO (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 03:25:14 -0400 Subject: RE: Dell vs. GPL From: Anders Karlsson To: LKML In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-OSuXdwM8PpHyhYlUPQ9G" Organization: Trudheim Technology Limited Message-Id: <1056958773.2080.14.camel@tor.trudheim.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.0 Rubber Turnip www.usr-local-bin.org Date: 30 Jun 2003 08:39:33 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1924 Lines: 58 --=-OSuXdwM8PpHyhYlUPQ9G Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 07:57, ahorn@deorth.org wrote: [snip] > I'm still not seeing any evidence of anyone being blocked from obtaining > the source code (although I haven't followed the whole thread) =46rom what I gathered, people were irritated because Dell only supplied a patch of what modifications they had made, against a known RedHat kernel. IANAL, but I think they have matched what the GPL required them to by doing so. There is a relatively easy way to recreate exactly what they did. A correctly worded request to the right place inside Dell should perhaps even yield the SPM they used. > I repeat, did anyone ask dell for source code for this supposed violation= ? > They are not bound to _distribute_ the source code with their software > only to make it available in a reasonable fashion upon request. It was not clear, but it appeared that the source was not asked for. There was a whole lot of complaining that it wasn't distributed without being asked for though. > Or am I missing something here ? >=20 > (not being argumentative here by the way, this is really interesting > discussion) It is interesting, but it would be nice to have a professional legal opinion on the matter. /A --=-OSuXdwM8PpHyhYlUPQ9G Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+/+k1LYywqksgYBoRAjehAKCxLIQGQ9iWxcnDomVJru3MZo94egCeJs9L 6/5IftPgft5EnhB0zJhn8ic= =6CBY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-OSuXdwM8PpHyhYlUPQ9G-- - 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/