On Sat, 16 Mar 2019, Don Armstrong wrote:
I am going to stick with the legal advice I have received, including
from a solicitor specialising in copyright, over the belief of
someone with no qualifications in this area and no experience other
than having read some stuff on the Internet.
This
On Sat, 16 Mar 2019, Paul Jakma wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2019, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > Debian does, in /usr/share/doc/frr/copyright.
>
> That is not one of the files at issue.
That's in the binary package and source package that Debian distributes;
we don't distribute files separately.
> I am
On Sat, 16 Mar 2019, Don Armstrong wrote:
Debian does, in /usr/share/doc/frr/copyright.
That is not one of the files at issue.
My understanding is that those files in themselves are not derivative
works of GPLed source code, but the entire FRR project is. At least,
that's the judgment of
On Sat, 16 Mar 2019, Paul Jakma wrote:
> The GPL stipulates that the distributor must "appropriately publish on
> each copy an appropriate copyright notice".
Debian does, in /usr/share/doc/frr/copyright.
> This is very deliberate, as FRR denies the applicablility of the GPL
> to those files,
On Sat, 16 Mar 2019, Don Armstrong wrote:
On Sat, 16 Mar 2019, Paul Jakma wrote:
The code concerned however is explicitly /not/ being distributed under
the terms required by the GPL licence, but rather much weaker licences
(BSD or MIT/X11, e.g.). Licenses which fail to implement the
reciprocal
On Sat, 16 Mar 2019, Paul Jakma wrote:
> The code concerned however is explicitly /not/ being distributed under
> the terms required by the GPL licence, but rather much weaker licences
> (BSD or MIT/X11, e.g.). Licenses which fail to implement the
> reciprocal source code publication conditions of
Hi Paul,
On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 at 14:19, Paul Jakma wrote:
> It is - I am advised - not permitted by the GPL and infringing of my
> copyright in thise code-base, and also incitement to commit copyright
> infringement. As such, the termination clause of the GPL became
> applicable to FRR.
>
> Use
Hi,
The FRR package contains code, e.g. in the ldpd and babeld directories
notably, which can not function without the assistance of and
orchestration of GPL code; code whose function can not be understood
without reference to the GPL source code - this FRR code is deriving of
the GPL code
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