Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-21 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 05:47:37PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > Dave Walker wrote: > > Rob Beard wrote: > > Well part of the standard clause of GPLv2 states: > > > > "This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it > > under the terms of the GNU General Public License a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-21 Thread Rob Beard
Dave Walker wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Chris Rowson wrote: >> >>> Interesting little story found on /. >>> >>> http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/20/1643251/Microsoft-Releases-Linux-Device-Drivers-As-GPL >>> >>> Chris >>> >> Anyone known the URL for the weather in Hell on the M

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-21 Thread James Westby
Dave Walker wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> Chris Rowson wrote: >>> Interesting little story found on /. >>> >>> http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/20/1643251/Microsoft-Releases-Linux-Device-Drivers-As-GPL >>> >>> Chris >> Anyone known the URL for the weather in Hell on the Met Office web site? :-)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-21 Thread Dave Walker
Rob Beard wrote: > Chris Rowson wrote: >> Interesting little story found on /. >> >> http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/20/1643251/Microsoft-Releases-Linux-Device-Drivers-As-GPL >> >> Chris > Anyone known the URL for the weather in Hell on the Met Office web site? :-) > > Still, sounds good that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-21 Thread jim.cameron
> Anyone known the URL for the weather in Hell on the Met > Office web site? :-) http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nord-Tr%C3%B8ndelag/Stj%C3%B8rdal/Hell/ It's not /that/ cold... ;) -- Jim Cameron Software Engineer Buhler Sortex Limited Research and Development Department 20 Atlantis Avenue London

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-20 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Mansion wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> Still, sounds good that they are releasing something under the GPL, >> funny how they didn't release it under GPL 3. >> >> > Because that would mean it couldn't go into Linux? > > James > > I was thinki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-20 Thread James Mansion
Rob Beard wrote: > Still, sounds good that they are releasing something under the GPL, > funny how they didn't release it under GPL 3. > > Because that would mean it couldn't go into Linux? James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-20 Thread alan c
Rob Beard wrote: > Chris Rowson wrote: >> Interesting little story found on /. >> >> http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/20/1643251/Microsoft-Releases-Linux-Device-Drivers-As-GPL >> >> Chris > Anyone known the URL for the weather in Hell on the Met Office web site? :-) yes, I think the last I hea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-20 Thread Rob Beard
Chris Rowson wrote: > Interesting little story found on /. > > http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/20/1643251/Microsoft-Releases-Linux-Device-Drivers-As-GPL > > Chris Anyone known the URL for the weather in Hell on the Met Office web site? :-) Still, sounds good that they are releasing something

[ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-20 Thread Chris Rowson
Interesting little story found on /. http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/20/1643251/Microsoft-Releases-Linux-Device-Drivers-As-GPL Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/