This is too bad really, I just started looking into this and it looks like it may fall apart (the community that is). How can someone, or come company really come up with a commercial product based on the GPL?
This is not ethical, I would not object to them selling their management tools, that seems ok but to take code that is not originally theirs and call it their new product .... They are going to get in trouble for this ... Andres ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sechrest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:16 AM Subject: Re: Infringement of the GPL licence by Idaya > > > > It seems to me that if the open source process is > going to work, then the way to keep the > freevsd process public is to keep on innovating with > the open source software. A good collection of > open source developments in freevsd would > obsolete the locked down source in short order. > > So it will not be adventageous to lock down the code. > > You have to keep up the development rate on the > public software if you are going to keep open source > code competative. > > I am sure there are no shortages of other places that > would sponsor freevsd archive sites and lists if > you need them to be seperated from the current > locale. > > > > > "Dave Cost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > % Hi to all the friends of the list. > % > % As the subject suggests, we should talk about this issue. If the list is > % ever taken down by Idaya, contact me directly with the word "FreeVSD" in the > % subject and I'll set up a mailing list on one of my servers. > % > % So let's start with the facts. > % > % FreeVSD has been released under the GPL. Being an open source project, it > % was developed by the open source community. The project was partially funded > % by Idaya, which has benefited from the rest of the community. > % > % I myself, have been following the development of FreeVSD since it's early > % days and I have contributed many patches and hints and help to other users > % (check the archives ;-) > % I have never received any payment for my work nor I have asked for one. I've > % been working on *OUR* project to that *ME* and the *OTHERS* would benefit > % from it. > % > % Now Idaya is trying to lock down the source and release the product that has > % been developen by *us* as their *own* product, ignoring the GPL license and > % the rules set by the Free Software Foundation. > % > % The GPL License states clearly: > % > % b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in > % whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any > % part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third > % parties under the terms of this License. > % > % and further: "These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. " > % > % further: "....the intent is to exercise the right to control the > % distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Program." > % > % So, until there's a single piece of code which is GPL, Idaya is forced to > % release it. I'm sure that the FSF can be of good *legal* help here. > % > % I myself feel robbed of the time and energy spent on FreeVSD. > % > % Dave. > % > % > % ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- > % Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support > % Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support > % Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support > % -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > ----- > John Sechrest . Helping people use > CEO PEAK - . computers and the Internet > Public Electronic . more effectively > Access to Knowledge,Inc . > 1600 SW Western, Suite 180 . Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Corvallis Oregon 97333 . (541) 754-7325 > . http://www.peak.org/~sechrest > ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- > Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support > Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support > Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
