Hi Dave, As long as the latest source is available freely on CVS (which it is), I don't see that they have broken the terms of the GPL -- they've just made things a bit more difficult for new users.
Simon From: "Dave Cost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- ------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
