-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 12:41:09PM -0800, Erast Benson wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 14:36 -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 10:41:10AM -0800, Erast Benson wrote: > > > On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 12:13 -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > > > > People have to ask for an account to find out how you're not violating > > > > the license on their code?
> > > We wanted to get as much feedbacks about the layout, > > > contents, usability and features of the web portal > > > before opening it up fully to the public (scheduled > > > for mid-November, barring any unforeseen circumstances). > > > There are things like forums, mailing list, blogs, > > > web-based Debian repository browser, etc. which need > > > to be tested during this pilot period. We would be > > > more than happy to open it for the public now, but > > > we are aiming for a controlled test environment which > > > would be hard to achieve in such a case. > > > After all, everything there is powered by our stuffs, > > > and we have not had the necessary resources to make > > > sure that everything is well oiled. We'd be thrilled > > > to have you and others test that for us. > > > We'll be providing ISO images of our LiveCD and InstallCD > > > in the upcoming days (hopefully sooner rather than later) > > > via the web portal. > > This is a total non-answer. You won't even copy and paste the answer from > > your website to answer the question? You may have compiled a bunch of > > Debian packages, but you clearly don't understand what Debian is about. > in short, the answer on your "legality" question is in GPL itself. Look > for "executable runtime" explanations. This is the reason for Cygwin, > www.blastwave.org and others to exists. The words "executable runtime" are not present in the text of the GPL. What the GPL *does* say is that kernels are only exempted from being considered part of the GPL definition of source code for a work *if* the GPLed work is not distributed together with the kernel. - -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDaWVnKN6ufymYLloRApvUAJ9mhnyUjj/YEFHWEkoECDnboSfdbgCgxfp/ pcrsnDdbzHar8aTKeyvTguE= =7JT+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
