civileme wrote: > J. Grant wrote: > >> Hello, >> I'm interested to know why "Commerical Apps CD1" is called that? As in >> actual fact the entire GNU/Linux Madrake distribution is commercial. >> Well, there is nothing wrong with commercialising high quality Free >> (open source) software. In fact very glad Madrake is commericialising it. >> >> Perhaps this should be renamed "Proprietry Apps CD1"? Currently its >> miss leading and some people might put in the wrong CD. >> >> JG >> > And if they do, urpmi will reject it and again ask for the correct disk. Ranaming it internally as well as externally is what I meant. > Except that some rpms did not get put on the PWP CDs, the Install CDs > are the same as the download CDs, i.e. they are free software included > in the commercial box. That does not make them commercial, because with > those CDs you have the following rights: > > 1. To use > 2. To modify for your own use (source code available) > 3. To redistribute (and to charge a reasonable copying fee) > 4. To redistribute modified copies (and to charge a reasonable copying fee) > > You also have the binding obligation to pass on those rights in any > redistribution. > > For that reason those install disks cannot be called commercial CDs. I was under the impression that you were charging a fee for the box total, not only charing for commerical cds and manuals and giving the first 2 cds free. charging for distribution means it is commercial IMO, unless mandrake has changed to being a non-profit charity organisation. > Now using the tools on those disks it is possible to make commercial > software which you can license differently, and many of the libraries > have a license that permits them to be included in a commercial package, > so IP for those who want it is still available. The idea here was to > make available freely a powerful set of tools to stimulate progress or > to support research, and there's a worldwide community behind that. > > You may note that all the Mandrake-specific tools are copyrighted and > licensed under the GNU GPL or GPL2 or LGPL, as appropriate. There is > nothing to stop a competitor from putting the tools or modified copies > of them into his distribution, or a new entry into the linux commercial > community based on MandrakeLinux. So are you saying that 2 of the CDs in my power pack are not-commerical but the rest are? and for that reason they should be the only ones labeled 'commerical'? Elaborate please. > It might be better to name them CD1-CD7, though. The commercial CDs are > basically done by a different team... People who negotiate with vendors > and people who package the apps have little overlap with the developers > of the downloadable CDs, and they obviously have many other duties, so > the nomenclature grew out of that for internal use. > > Civileme > JG
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