On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 12:41:49AM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote:
> However... this is not an ordinary executable. FreeDOS _is_ an
> operating system! It doesn't run on anything else. So I think
> the escape clause is unusable here.
Hm... actually, that's not true either. The reason we want
to
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 04:50:30PM -0400, Brett Smith wrote:
> > Which is why the GPL leaves it up to the particular operating system in
> > question. Note again: "the source code distributed need not include
> > anything that is normally distributed... with the major components... of
> > the ope
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 04:50:30PM -0400, Brett Smith wrote:
> Which is why the GPL leaves it up to the particular operating system in
> question. Note again: "the source code distributed need not include
> anything that is normally distributed... with the major components... of
> the operating sys
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 04:50:30PM -0400, Brett Smith wrote:
> Which is why the GPL leaves it up to the particular operating system in
> question. Note again: "the source code distributed need not include
> anything that is normally distributed... with the major components... of
> the operating sys
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 10:52:56AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 06:51:55PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > FreeDOS includes components which are licensed under the GPL. Those
> > components are currently built with a compiler from Borland, and
> > consequently linked with the C
IANAL.
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 01:16:06PM -0600, Walter Landry wrote:
> This implies that the compiler is considered to be a major part of the
> operating system, whether it really is or not. The question is then,
> which compiler? I would submit that any compiler will do. The
> license doesn't
> Here's a teaser for all the licence enthusiasts here.
>
> FreeDOS includes components which are licensed under the GPL. Those
> components are currently built with a compiler from Borland, and
> consequently linked with the C library that comes with it. The licence
> of the library is of cours
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 06:51:55PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> FreeDOS includes components which are licensed under the GPL. Those
> components are currently built with a compiler from Borland, and
> consequently linked with the C library that comes with it. The licence
> of the library is of course
Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Here's a teaser for all the licence enthusiasts here.
>
> FreeDOS includes components which are licensed under the GPL. Those
> components are currently built with a compiler from Borland, and
> consequently linked with the C library that comes with it. The lic
Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> "Herbert" == Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Herbert> This will decide whether we can distribute FreeDOS binary
>Herbert> packages as currently it requires the Borland compiler to
>Herbert> build. -- Debian
> Hmm, I assume this pus
> "Herbert" == Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Herbert> This will decide whether we can distribute FreeDOS binary
Herbert> packages as currently it requires the Borland compiler to
Herbert> build. -- Debian
Hmm, I assume this pushes it into non-free if we can distribute? H
Here's a teaser for all the licence enthusiasts here.
FreeDOS includes components which are licensed under the GPL. Those
components are currently built with a compiler from Borland, and
consequently linked with the C library that comes with it. The licence
of the library is of course not compat
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