On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:40:22 +0100, Kris Steenhaut wrote:
>It is legal. As Big Blue was and even is so kind to make available the kernel files
>for free download, I am
entitled
>to consider the files as my property
No, they are not your property. They are still copyrighted by IBM, but they are
testcase, so you are free to use
them. Please note: not everyone likes to run testcase kernels and most people would
definitely not want to
run one. The official fixpaks are not free for download nor does anyone have the right
to use an UNI-kernel
from a fixpak archive with his e.g. Warp4 copy. Think about some bigger company that
is using OS/2 Warp 4
machines. You can't tell them to "use testcase kernels".
Also I don't even know if it's legal to run a UNI-kernel (even testcase) on a W4
machine. Anyway, even if its
legal, its still testcase. Strangely no disclaimer is shipped with testcase kernels.
>d I can do what I want to with these, within the limits of the laws of my
>country; make them available at my website for instance . According to the code
>Napoléon, at with civil law
is based
>on in my country as well as in yours, what you got for free without any condition has
>to be considered as
your
>property.
> And as long as some trade mark protection isn't infringed nothing anyone could do.
>> ACPI-support should be available (legally!) to anyone.
>That's what I told: turn it around, and anybody can acquire legally his uni kernel
>files. :-)
Those are testcase and no one may put the official releases (from fixpaks!) onto any
website. If he does, he is
acting against IBM copyright. Also if you use those files, it's considered unsupported
and illegal. Not a good
deal (especially not for companies), even if you get ACPI support that way.
cu, Kiewitz
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