Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-13 Thread Brian T. Sniffen
Marco Ghirlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Knoppix should be distributing the source from the same location that you would get the CD, so its still compliant with the GPL. Really I couldn't find the sources of Knoppix anywhere. http://developer.linuxtag.net/knoppix/ looks like a good place to

Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-13 Thread Brian T. Sniffen
Henning Makholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Scripsit Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marco Ghirlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This I don't understand. Seems like I have to create an ISO with only the sources. no. What you can do is add written offer to provide the sources to whoever ask

Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-13 Thread Walter Landry
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian T. Sniffen) wrote: Marco Ghirlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And that I need the double of the space on the server (that in our case is hosting us for free, in pure Linux tradition) to put also the sources. Hardly. Source is typically much smaller than the

Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-11 Thread Marco Ghirlanda
Knoppix should be distributing the source from the same location that you would get the CD, so its still compliant with the GPL. Really I couldn't find the sources of Knoppix anywhere. The fact seems that it is necessary for correct application of the GPL, but it is not respected so much

Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-11 Thread Walter Landry
Marco Ghirlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Knoppix should be distributing the source from the same location that you would get the CD, so its still compliant with the GPL. Really I couldn't find the sources of Knoppix anywhere. Actually, Knoppix provides a written offer good for three

Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 05:36:33PM +, Marco Ghirlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Knoppix should be distributing the source from the same location that you would get the CD, so its still compliant with the GPL. Really I couldn't find the sources of Knoppix anywhere.

Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-11 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marco Ghirlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This I don't understand. Seems like I have to create an ISO with only the sources. no. What you can do is add written offer to provide the sources to whoever ask for them, and, additionnally, point to

Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-10 Thread Don Armstrong
[Marco: The primary function of this list is to discuss licenses and the legal ramifications of those licenses. As none (or almost none) of us are lawyers, we cannot give legal advice. The following is not legal advice either.] On Sat, 08 Nov 2003, Marco Ghirlanda wrote: The fact is that I would

Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-10 Thread Brian T. Sniffen
Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [Marco: The primary function of this list is to discuss licenses and the legal ramifications of those licenses. As none (or almost none) of us are lawyers, we cannot give legal advice. The following is not legal advice either.] As far as we know,

Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-10 Thread Marco Ghirlanda
First of all thank you! [Marco: The primary function of this list is to discuss licenses and the legal ramifications of those licenses. As none (or almost none) of us are lawyers, we cannot give legal advice. The following is not legal advice either.] Sorry for expressing myself in the wrong

Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-10 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Marco Ghirlanda wrote: And if I have to distributer the source, then Knoppix itself it infringing this? It seems that my next CD is going to be more GPL compliant, anyway. At least is what I understand from your answers, Knoppix should be distributing the source from

Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-08 Thread Marco Ghirlanda
Hi, I'm Marco Ghirlanda, Linux Advisor at the Virtual Reality and Multi Media Park of Turin, Italy. (www.vrmmp.it). We developed for our Open Source Lab (www.opensourcelab.it) a remastered version of the Knoppix Live Cd, Medialinux, wich includes most ot the audio, graphic and video software