From: Jon Masters <jonmasters@gmail.com>
To: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@drdos.com>
Cc: Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, bstowell@sco.com
Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.9 and GPL Buyout
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:14:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <35fb2e5904102404144bf9366a@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <417B397D.2070106@drdos.com>
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:11:25 -0600, Jeff V. Merkey <jmerkey@drdos.com> wrote:
> I won't be "re-writing" anything. I've written something different that
> takes all the Linux device drivers, application layer, and a handful
> of file systems, and drops out most of the core of Linux, and these
> drivers I suspect will get rewritten over time.
Are you shipping or providing this to customers?
> Since it's all open source anyway, doesn't really matter.
You must, of course, be aware of your GPL obligations if you were to
be shipping such a system to the world? I would hate to hear that you
were violating the GPL yourself Jeff.
In fact, let's go one stage further with this - Jeff Merkey, *prove*
you're not in violation.
Jon.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-24 11:20 UTC|newest]
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2004-10-18 22:45 Linux v2.6.9 Linus Torvalds
2004-10-18 23:27 ` Thomas Zehetbauer
2004-10-19 2:54 ` Eric W. Biederman
2004-10-19 16:55 ` Jesper Juhl
2004-10-19 14:36 ` Linux v2.6.9... (compile stats) John Cherry
2004-10-19 16:18 ` Matthew Dharm
2004-10-19 16:49 ` viro
2004-10-19 21:37 ` John Cherry
2004-10-20 22:11 ` John Cherry
2004-10-20 22:41 ` viro
2004-10-21 0:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-21 0:29 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-21 0:44 ` viro
2004-10-21 1:55 ` viro
2004-10-21 1:59 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-21 2:24 ` viro
2004-10-21 2:37 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-21 4:35 ` viro
2004-10-21 8:57 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-20 22:50 ` Dave Jones
2004-10-19 17:38 ` Linux v2.6.9 and GPL Buyout Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-19 19:13 ` Russell King
2004-10-19 19:04 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-19 19:24 ` Kurt Wall
2004-10-19 19:12 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-19 20:01 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-10-19 20:39 ` Matt Mackall
2004-10-20 0:06 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-10-20 5:21 ` Matt Mackall
2004-10-19 19:28 ` Andre Hedrick
2004-10-19 19:10 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-19 19:30 ` Rik van Riel
2004-10-19 19:05 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-19 20:14 ` Diego Calleja
2004-10-19 19:41 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-20 8:27 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2004-10-20 8:45 ` Jens Axboe
2004-10-19 19:47 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-19 20:05 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-10-19 19:38 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-19 20:30 ` Thomas Gleixner
2004-10-19 20:15 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-22 23:22 ` Tonnerre
2004-10-19 19:45 ` Ross Biro
2004-10-19 19:36 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-19 19:54 ` David Johnson
2004-10-19 19:55 ` viro
2004-10-19 19:25 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-19 20:38 ` Dax Kelson
2004-10-19 20:09 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-19 22:16 ` Jim Nelson
2004-10-19 22:57 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2004-10-19 22:27 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2004-10-20 19:41 ` Bill Davidsen
2004-10-20 1:15 ` Horst von Brand
2004-10-20 1:16 ` Bastiaan Spandaw
2004-10-20 19:35 ` Bill Davidsen
2004-10-20 3:45 ` Ryan Anderson
2004-10-20 4:18 ` Lee Revell
2004-10-20 4:41 ` Lee Revell
2004-10-20 11:49 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-10-29 12:12 ` Semaphore assembly-code bug linux-os
2004-10-29 14:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-29 15:11 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-29 18:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-29 18:35 ` Richard Henderson
2004-10-29 16:06 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-10-29 17:08 ` linux-os
2004-10-29 18:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-29 18:39 ` linux-os
2004-10-29 19:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-01 1:31 ` linux-os
2004-11-01 5:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-01 20:23 ` dean gaudet
2004-11-01 20:52 ` linux-os
2004-11-01 21:23 ` dean gaudet
2004-11-01 22:22 ` linux-os
2004-11-01 21:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-01 21:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-02 15:02 ` linux-os
2004-11-02 16:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-02 16:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-02 16:51 ` linux-os
2004-11-01 22:16 ` linux-os
2004-11-01 22:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-01 23:14 ` linux-os
2004-11-01 23:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-03 1:52 ` Horst von Brand
2004-11-03 21:24 ` Bill Davidsen
2004-11-02 6:37 ` Chris Friesen
2004-10-29 18:58 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-10-29 19:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-29 19:40 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-10-29 19:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-29 22:07 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-29 23:50 ` dean gaudet
2004-10-30 0:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-29 23:37 ` dean gaudet
2004-10-29 17:22 ` linux-os
2004-10-29 17:55 ` Richard Henderson
2004-10-29 18:17 ` linux-os
2004-10-29 18:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-29 18:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-30 3:35 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-29 19:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-29 19:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-29 21:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-29 17:57 ` Richard Henderson
2004-10-29 18:37 ` Gabriel Paubert
2004-10-20 5:58 ` Linux v2.6.9 and GPL Buyout John Alvord
2004-10-20 14:42 ` Martin Waitz
2004-10-21 23:59 ` Kelledin
2004-10-22 8:46 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2004-10-22 9:07 ` David Weinehall
2004-10-22 16:15 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-22 17:52 ` Al Viro
2004-10-22 17:22 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-22 19:37 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-22 20:46 ` Grahame White
2004-10-22 20:58 ` Buddy Lucas
2004-10-22 21:00 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-10-22 21:03 ` Thomas Gleixner
2004-10-23 12:33 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2004-10-24 14:15 ` Kai Henningsen
2004-10-27 1:45 ` Horst von Brand
2004-10-24 11:00 ` Matthias Andree
2004-10-24 14:13 ` Kai Henningsen
2004-10-25 18:44 ` Bill Davidsen
2004-10-20 19:46 ` Bill Davidsen
2004-10-19 21:02 ` Pekka Pietikainen
2004-10-19 20:27 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-22 6:54 ` Erik Andersen
2004-10-22 16:12 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-19 21:17 ` Paul Fulghum
2004-10-20 20:41 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-23 13:43 ` James Bruce
2004-10-19 21:26 ` Ramón Rey Vicente
2004-10-19 22:52 ` Buddy Lucas
2004-10-20 23:43 ` Eric Bambach
2004-10-20 23:48 ` Eric Bambach
2004-10-20 23:59 ` Hua Zhong
2004-10-21 0:13 ` Russell Miller
2004-10-21 0:18 ` Adam Heath
2004-10-21 10:16 ` Horst von Brand
2004-10-22 8:48 ` Ingo Molnar
2004-10-22 16:15 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-23 0:14 ` Jon Masters
2004-10-22 23:46 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-23 0:57 ` Jon Masters
2004-10-23 4:42 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-23 6:32 ` Nick Piggin
[not found] ` <20041023064538.GA7866@galt.devicelogics.com>
2004-10-23 7:20 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-23 10:11 ` Gene Heskett
2004-10-23 16:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-24 2:48 ` Jesper Juhl
2004-10-24 5:11 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-24 11:14 ` Jon Masters [this message]
2004-10-24 11:50 ` Jim Nelson
2004-10-24 15:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2004-10-24 15:53 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2004-10-31 23:14 ` Jan 'JaSan' Sarenik
2004-10-24 2:11 ` Buddy Lucas
2004-10-23 0:38 ` Lee Revell
2004-10-23 0:07 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-23 1:06 ` Lee Revell
2004-10-21 2:41 ` Linux v2.6.9 (Strange tty problem?) Paul
2004-10-21 9:07 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-21 12:39 ` Russell King
2004-10-21 13:20 ` Paul Fulghum
2004-10-21 15:37 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-21 17:00 ` Paul Fulghum
2004-10-21 15:47 ` Paul Fulghum
2004-10-21 18:12 ` Paul Fulghum
2004-10-31 21:11 ` Linux v2.6.9 dies when starting X on radeon 9200 SE PCI Helge Hafting
2004-10-22 19:38 Linux v2.6.9 and GPL Buyout Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-22 21:31 brian wheeler
2004-10-22 21:27 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-22 23:03 ` Jon Masters
2004-10-22 22:58 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-22 23:27 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-23 13:30 ` Denis Vlasenko
2004-10-24 11:10 ` Matthias Andree
2004-10-23 0:24 ` David Schwartz
2004-10-23 0:48 ` Jon Masters
2004-10-23 0:30 ` Jon Masters
2004-10-23 0:02 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2004-10-23 1:18 ` Diego Calleja
2004-10-23 8:43 ` Thomas Gleixner
2004-10-23 16:13 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-10-23 12:59 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2004-10-24 11:04 ` Matthias Andree
2004-10-24 8:45 Shawn Starr
2004-10-24 19:38 Xose Vazquez Perez
2004-11-04 16:01 Linux-2.6.9 won't allow a write to a NTFS file-system linux-os
2004-11-04 16:48 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-11-04 17:09 ` linux-os
2004-11-04 17:40 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-11-04 17:46 ` Mathieu Segaud
2004-11-04 22:17 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2004-11-04 22:18 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2004-11-04 22:38 ` linux-os
2004-11-05 14:43 ` Rahul Karnik
2004-11-05 1:46 ` Horst von Brand
2004-11-05 12:41 ` linux-os
2004-12-02 0:04 What if? Imanpreet Singh Arora
2004-12-02 4:40 ` Theodore Ts'o
2004-12-02 6:39 ` Norbert van Nobelen
2004-12-02 8:24 ` James Bruce
2004-12-02 20:25 ` Theodore Ts'o
2004-12-03 2:23 ` David Schwartz
2004-12-02 8:33 ` J.A. Magallon
2004-12-02 10:46 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2004-12-02 10:56 ` Pawel Sikora
2004-12-13 15:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-12-13 21:08 ` J.A. Magallon
2004-12-16 0:57 ` Alan Cox
2004-12-16 2:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-12-16 13:23 ` Alan Cox
2004-12-16 15:23 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-12-16 20:37 ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-12-16 20:52 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-12-16 20:56 ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-12-16 21:08 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-12-02 10:25 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-12-05 0:23 ` Horst von Brand
2004-12-05 6:21 ` Kyle Moffett
2004-12-05 22:43 ` Horst von Brand
2004-12-06 17:27 ` linux-os
2004-12-06 18:52 ` Horst von Brand
2004-12-02 10:53 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2004-12-11 8:52 ` Gábor Lénárt
2004-12-17 1:33 [Coverity] Untrusted user data in kernel Bryan Fulton
2004-12-17 5:15 ` James Morris
2004-12-17 5:25 ` Patrick McHardy
2004-12-17 6:45 ` James Morris
2004-12-17 13:18 ` Tomas Carnecky
2004-12-17 19:16 ` David S. Miller
2004-12-17 19:34 ` Tomas Carnecky
2004-12-17 19:30 ` David S. Miller
2004-12-17 15:47 ` Bill Davidsen
2004-12-17 16:11 ` linux-os
2004-12-17 16:31 ` Oliver Neukum
2004-12-17 18:37 ` Bill Davidsen
2004-12-17 19:18 ` Tomas Carnecky
2004-12-17 19:30 ` Oliver Neukum
2004-12-17 19:39 ` Tomas Carnecky
2004-12-18 1:42 ` Horst von Brand
2004-12-17 15:10 ` Pavel Machek
2004-12-17 15:38 ` James Morris
2005-01-05 12:04 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2005-01-05 15:09 ` Jan Harkes
2005-01-05 23:17 ` Nathan Scott
[not found] ` <20050105161653.GF13455@fi.muni.cz>
[not found] ` <20050105140549.GA14622@logos.cnet>
2005-01-06 9:18 ` Jan Kasprzak
2005-01-06 14:48 ` Paulo Marques
2005-01-06 16:29 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-07 21:49 ` [PATCH 2.4.29-pre3-bk4] fs/coda " Jan Harkes
2005-01-07 21:54 ` [PATCH 2.6.10-mm2] " Jan Harkes
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