Re: [opensuse] Novell GPL violation thread on Groklaw

[Dominique Leuenberger]

>>> "Martin Schröder" [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11-08-2006 03:34:15 >> >The boxed version comes without sources, so 3a doesn't doesn't apply >and 3b must be followed. > >But the written offer is nowhere in the box, just a pointer to it on >the web (and this pointer is in places where people normally don't >look (bottom of the box, somewhere on some CD)). > >To conform with the GPL, at least the text "If you don't have Internet >access or are unable to burn DVDs, we will send you the source code on >a DVD. We need to charge a $15 or €15 fee for creation, handling and >postage. To request a DVD of the source code, send an e-mail to >[EMAIL PROTECTED]" from >http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux/source_code.html or words to >that effect _must_ be somewhere _in_ the box and should be on every >media. > >This is currently made worse since yast can't install sources >automatically (bug 175593). I think it's a nice idea for people to be able to get a Source DVD if they want to. But your text lacks some logic: -> If you don't have internet access, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??? how is somebody supposed to do that? Maybe novell's lawyers should get some feedback on that requirement, as license texts are not always as easy understandable as they appear. I think, the professionals should take care of such things after they got announced about a possible problem (which happened with this thread on the mailing list)   Regards, Dominique