Ubuntu reaches out to embarrassed SuSE devs
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Sat Nov 25 19:22:06 UTC 2006
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 12:27 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 10:23, Alan wrote:
> > > We are hosting a series of introductory sessions for people who want to
> > > join the Ubuntu community - in any capacity, including developers and
> > > package maintainers. If you want to find out how Ubuntu works, how to
> > > contribute or participate, or how to get specific items addressed, there
> > > will be something for you. I’ll also be on IRC on Tuesday 28th to answer
> > > any questions you may have of me specifically, such as Luis’ questions
> > > about our position on software patents.
> >
> > Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. We have "lets ship probably
> > illegal binary modules with the next version of the OS" lecturing people
> > who struck a deal with Microsoft which is borderline on the GPL.
>
> Isn't 'illegal to distribute' something that is decided by
> the copyright/patent owner, not some slightly interested
> bystanders? On the other hand, if it does turn out that
> there is patented content in Linux or samba, the GPL will
> prohibit distribution for everyone with or without Novell's
> agreement unless it includes the unrestricted redistribution
> rights that the GPL demands.
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agreed - but since there are not any existing patent claims on any GPL
code of which I am aware of beyond the SCO suit which still awaits
adjudication, there is little to worry about on that end.
Craig
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