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From: Joshua Penix <jpenix@binarytribe.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL
Date: 27 Jun 2003 23:12:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1056780761.10255.10.camel@granite> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306280005000.29249-100000@gibson.mw.luc.edu>

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.

Source and binaries, all wrapped up in one nice package.  Please do your
research before accusing vendors of not following GPL.  It shines a bad
light on our community.

--Josh


  reply	other threads:[~2003-06-28  5:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 81+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-06-28  5:51 Dell vs. GPL Fluke
2003-06-28  6:12 ` Joshua Penix [this message]
2003-06-28 15:05   ` Doug McNaught
2003-06-28 15:12     ` Svein Ove Aas
2003-06-28 15:18       ` Doug McNaught
2003-06-28 15:49         ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-06-29  4:22       ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-29 10:33         ` Alan Cox
2003-06-30  4:07           ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30  6:39             ` Miles Bader
2003-06-30  6:56               ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30  9:45                 ` Miles Bader
2003-07-09 23:28                   ` Thomas Dodd
2003-07-10  2:48                     ` Miles Bader
2003-07-10 14:41                       ` Thomas Dodd
2003-07-10 15:05                         ` Gene Heskett
2003-07-10 15:20                           ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-07-10 15:52                             ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2003-07-10 19:04                           ` Thomas Dodd
2003-07-10 19:22                             ` OT: " Dana Lacoste
2003-06-30 15:49                 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-06-30 16:54                   ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30 17:50                     ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-06-30 18:28                       ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30 20:43                         ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-06-30 20:44                           ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30 21:25                             ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-06-30 21:34                               ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-01  5:03                             ` vlad
2003-07-01  5:27                               ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-01 12:50                             ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-06-30 20:55                           ` Trever L. Adams
2003-06-30 20:44                         ` Bernd Eckenfels
2003-06-30 20:48                           ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-01  5:53                             ` Anders Karlsson
2003-07-01  6:56                               ` jw schultz
2003-07-01  7:21                                 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-01 15:38                                 ` Trever L. Adams
2003-07-01 13:17                               ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-07-01 15:36                               ` vlad
2003-07-01 16:05                                 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-07-01 16:45                                   ` Trever L. Adams
2003-07-01 17:45                                     ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-09 23:24                                 ` Thomas Dodd
2003-07-01 12:46                           ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-06-30 17:22             ` Alan Cox
2003-06-30 17:37               ` Andre Hedrick
     [not found]         ` <3BZo.5iM.27@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-06-29 14:04           ` Florian Weimer
2003-06-28 18:54 ` Alan Cox
2003-06-29 17:47   ` Fluke
2003-06-29 17:48     ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-06-29  4:16 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-29 11:49   ` Fluke
2003-06-29 21:45   ` David Schwartz
2003-06-30  4:01     ` ahorn
2003-06-30  4:10       ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30  6:59         ` ahorn
2003-06-30  8:29           ` David Schwartz
2003-06-30  8:29             ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30  8:44               ` David Schwartz
2003-06-30  5:59       ` David Schwartz
2003-06-30  6:57         ` ahorn
2003-06-30  7:39           ` Anders Karlsson
2003-06-30  8:24           ` David Schwartz
2003-06-30  9:02             ` root
2003-06-30  9:17               ` David Schwartz
2003-06-30 15:57                 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-06-30  4:23     ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-14 20:35 ` Fluke
2003-06-29 14:24 Ricardo Galli
2003-06-29 19:50 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-06-29 19:58   ` Ricardo Galli
2003-06-29 20:21     ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-06-29 20:42     ` Jamie Lokier
2003-06-29 20:57       ` Russell King
2003-06-29 21:21         ` Jamie Lokier
2003-06-30 23:14       ` David Weinehall
2003-06-29 20:02   ` Matthias Schniedermeyer
2003-06-29 20:54   ` Bernd Petrovitsch
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.44.0307020931260.1400-100000@humbolt.us.dell.com>
2003-07-02 16:25 ` Andre Hedrick
     [not found] <20030715191651.GA6946@delft.aura.cs.cmu.edu>
2003-07-17  3:15 ` Fluke

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