On Wednesday 24 August 2005 17:31, Matthias Kurz wrote:
> 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."
Yes, but none of those organizations or any other packager uses our source
rpm. Also, please note very carefully the word "probably" in the above
sentence -- that means, I am unsure about what I am saying or undecided.
>
> > 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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Best regards,
Kern
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