On Wed, Aug 24, 2005, Kern Sibbald wrote:

> On Wednesday 24 August 2005 16:41, Matthias Kurz wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 22, 2005, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > If you want to read about my idea, please visit:
> > > http://www.bacula.org/OpenSourceFunding.html  Your comments are welcome.
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > Can you say with few words what the consequences of this are for
> > (free) packaging projects like Debian, BSD ports, OpenPKG,... ?
> 
> No change, because to the best of my knowledge none of these use Bacula 
> binaries.

Well, when you mean "http://www.bacula.org/OpenSourceFunding.html"; with
"the doc". I did read it before i posted :-) And the last sentence in the
paragraph "Fee structure" reads:
 "... By the way, a source rpm would probably be included in the binary
  license since it is also a binary even if it does contain the source."

> If some Open Source project wants to re-distribute our binaries, we will need 
> to discuss it.
> 
> >
> > Are they allowed to continue building and distributing packages without
> > any restriction ?
> 
> Yes, of course.  The source is open for everyone to use.  Even companies and 
> others can avoid any charges by building from source.

Sorry, when i pester you too much :) Will there be restrictions in the
_distribution_ of source rpms or the like ?


   (mk)

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