Oops, I should read more of the mail in my inbox before replying. ProVSD seems to be a whole separate can of worms, which I don't know enough about to comment yet.
Simon From: "Simon Garner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- ------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
