Re: virtual box
* John Halton: The box popped up on my last upgrade (to 1.5.2). Perhaps I should file it as a bug. Yes, please do. The prompt doesn't even note that Virtualbox is licensed under the GPL, so we can actually remove it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: virtual box
This one time, at band camp, Olive said: The version of Virtual Box included in Debian is distributed under the GPLv2. So far it's good. But I see in http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads that We do request that anyone intending to redistribute the Open Source Edition contact us first. What do you think of that. It does not seem to be compatible with the GPL and could even be non free. A request is fine. A condition is not. -- - | ,''`.Stephen Gran | | : :' :[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `'Debian user, admin, and developer | |`- http://www.debian.org | - signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: virtual box
What Stephen said. It may suggest a degree of ambivalence towards the *spirit* of the GPL, but it doesn't affect the legal position. Ditto the irritating 'please register this product' box that appears when you install or upgrade vbox. John On 09/11/2007, Olive [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The version of Virtual Box included in Debian is distributed under the GPLv2. So far it's good. But I see in http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads that We do request that anyone intending to redistribute the Open Source Edition contact us first. What do you think of that. It does not seem to be compatible with the GPL and could even be non free. Olive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: virtual box
On Friday 09 November 2007 05:41:28 am Stephen Gran wrote: This one time, at band camp, Olive said: The version of Virtual Box included in Debian is distributed under the GPLv2. So far it's good. But I see in http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads that We do request that anyone intending to redistribute the Open Source Edition contact us first. What do you think of that. It does not seem to be compatible with the GPL and could even be non free. A request is fine. A condition is not. This can be thought of in the same way you would consider a project that solicits donations, which last I checked doesn't imply nonfree status. -- Sean Kellogg e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://blog.probonogeek.org/ So, let go ...Jump in ...Oh well, what you waiting for? ...it's all right ...'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Re: virtual box
* John Halton: What Stephen said. It may suggest a degree of ambivalence towards the *spirit* of the GPL, but it doesn't affect the legal position. Ditto the irritating 'please register this product' box that appears when you install or upgrade vbox. Hasn't this been patched in the Debian package? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: virtual box
The box popped up on my last upgrade (to 1.5.2). Perhaps I should file it as a bug. I know it doesn't make the software non-free; it's just a bit jarring in the context of a free system. On 09/11/2007, Florian Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * John Halton: What Stephen said. It may suggest a degree of ambivalence towards the *spirit* of the GPL, but it doesn't affect the legal position. Ditto the irritating 'please register this product' box that appears when you install or upgrade vbox. Hasn't this been patched in the Debian package? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
