Re: [AMENDMENT]: Release Etch now, with source-less but legal and freely licensed firmware

2006-09-29 Thread Markus Laire
tch which would break copyright law, but unfortunately this seems to be the case :( -- Markus Laire Disclaimer: IANAL, IANADD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [AMENDMENT]: Release Etch now, with source-less but legal and freely licensed firmware

2006-09-29 Thread Markus Laire
you can't distribute at all. [1] http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html -- Markus Laire Disclaimer: IANAL, IANADD

Re: are GPLed sourceless firmwares legal to distribute ?

2006-10-05 Thread Markus Laire
doesn't seem to be much I could actually do in this case to stop this. I'll try to do what I can by voicing my opposition to this as a user of Debian. Hopefully (but I doubt this) someone in Debian will get sued for this violation in Etch, to stop such a behaviour in the future. -- Markus

Re: Kernel Firmware issue: are GPLed sourceless firmwares legal to distribute ?

2006-10-06 Thread Markus Laire
[2] was that IMHO it's not "a polite excuse" but "a blatant attempt to knowingly violate the copyright law without actually admitting the violation".) [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/10/msg00090.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/10/msg00102.html -- Markus Laire

Re: are GPLed sourceless firmwares legal to distribute ?

2006-10-06 Thread Markus Laire
On 10/5/06, Anthony Towns wrote: On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 02:57:33PM +0300, Markus Laire wrote: > Hopefully (but I doubt this) someone in Debian will get sued for this > violation in Etch, to stop such a behaviour in the future. You do realise we're going to voluntarily stop it