On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:27:52PM -0800, Edward Cherlin wrote:
Interesting. I have never received a Linux system with either the
source code or a written offer of source code.
Oh? That's not supposed to happen. If a hardware vendor provides a
system with Linux on it, that is distribution,
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 10:07, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote:
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:27:52PM -0800, Edward Cherlin wrote:
Interesting. I have never received a Linux system with either the
source code or a written offer of source code.
Oh? That's not supposed to happen. If a
Hi,
On Saturday 13 December 2008 03:04, da...@lang.hm wrote:
for the record I believe that the google G1 phone is open, the various
other android based phones are locked down.
actually not true:
http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2008/12/09#20081209-google_htc_android_g1
there seems to be a
Are there any places where Sugar is in violation of its licenses?
-walter
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:14 PM, John Gilmore g...@toad.com wrote:
OLPC is at risk of similar action unless it gets its act together.
The project and its customers have skated by on GPL compliance,
figuring that we're
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:14 AM, John Gilmore g...@toad.com wrote:
OLPC is at risk of similar action unless it gets its act together.
The project and its customers have skated by on GPL compliance,
figuring that we're the good guys, and make halfhearted attempts every
once in a while, so we
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:52:54AM -0800, Edward Cherlin wrote:
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:14 AM, John Gilmore g...@toad.com wrote:
OLPC is at risk of similar action unless it gets its act together.
The project and its customers have skated by on GPL compliance,
figuring that we're the good
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Michael Stone mich...@laptop.org wrote:
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:52:54AM -0800, Edward Cherlin wrote:
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:14 AM, John Gilmore g...@toad.com wrote:
OLPC is at risk of similar action unless it gets its act together.
The project and its
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:34:18PM -0800, Edward Cherlin wrote:
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Michael Stone mich...@laptop.org wrote:
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:52:54AM -0800, Edward Cherlin wrote:
http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4268
That's a lost cursor bug. I assume you meant some other
From http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4265
(To be effective when shipping hundreds of thousands of units to
non-English speakers, a translation of the license should be provided
as well.)
Does FSF have approved translations of their licenses? That sounds like
something lawyers could get very
Walter asked:
Are there any places where Sugar is in violation of its licenses?
Sugar is licensed under the GPLv2, and its source code seems to be
provided. (Because it's written in an interpreted language, it never
ships binaries -- I think. There may be some small parts that are
written in C
Some of us are new to one or another part of this issue, and need a bit more
background.
o Can you list the offending binaries and explain their faults?
Sure. For example, ls is part of the Coreutils. In 8.2.0, it's
licensed under GPLv3+ (try ls --version); in earlier releases, it's
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, John Gilmore wrote:
anything -- without permission from the manufacturer. The OLPC comes
with DRM, like the TiVo, the iPhone, and the Google G1 phone. While I
for the record I believe that the google G1 phone is open, the various
other android based phones are locked
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:53 PM, John Gilmore g...@toad.com wrote:
The last suggestion I heard from OLPC along these lines was that the
We had a _private_ conversation in which I carefully said that I was
_not_ speaking for OLPC, and had no say or authority over laptop
stuff. I look after the
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 4:53 PM, John Gilmore g...@toad.com wrote:
Some of us are new to one or another part of this issue, and need a bit more
background.
o Can you list the offending binaries and explain their faults?
Sure. For example, ls is part of the Coreutils. In 8.2.0, it's
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