charles, I'm not 100% sure that you are right. GPL does not only cover usage/sell of the original, unmodified application, it has major influence on the products based directly or indirectly on the application.
It would definitifely be a problem for example if HP linked their closed-source applications against any GPL'd libraries (and that is not too unlikely). But I have absolutely no idea, if they did so. and enforcing the license is very probably up to the author of the "misused" software. udo Am Don, 2002-03-07 um 13.06 schrieb Charles A Edwards: > On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 00:47:35 -0800 > James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All, > > > > > > Here is comes. A release of Mandrake without GPL or Source. If you go > > to http://www.hp.com/security/products/linux/eval/ > > > > You will find a 60 day timed copy of the iso (only way provided) that is a > > FULL working version of Linux. No links are provided to source code for > > the GPL'd code anywhere. (see below for coment fromth the page.) > > > If you had bothered to click the 'source code policy' link it takes you to this page > http://www.hp.com/security/products/linux/opensource/ > and you would have seen this. > > " source code policy > > Modifications to the Linux kernel related to HP Secure OS Software for Linux are >made available as source code. The Multi-Compartment Gateway Agent (MCGA), the >implementation of the secure administration model, the lockdown mechanism, key parts >of the auditing mechanism, and utilities for managing containment are not released as >source code. In general, HP intellectual property that resides in the user space of >the operating system is not made available as source code. > > HP makes the sources to the following available with HP Secure OS Software for Linux: > > * Modifications to the Linux kernel > * Dynamically loaded kernel modules (DLKMs) for containment and audit > * The audit daemon > > obtaining source code > Source code is provided with the product media, and as an added benefit to the Linux >community, HP provides the source code on its FTP site: > > ftp.hp.com/pub/security/hplx_source/" > > > I see nothing here that would violate GPL. > The source code for Any Mandrake pkgs, even if HP does not provide it, would of >course be available from Mandrake. > > > Charles > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
