Hi, Am Dienstag, den 04.09.2007, 13:13 -0500 schrieb Gunnar Wolf: > Gomi No Sensei dijo [Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 08:35:26AM -0700]: > > The following email is self-explanatory. The device sold at > > www.photovu.comis based on a modified Debian, but the company will not > > disclose the source. > > > > The quote is: "We will never have an open platform as we do not have the > > resources to support such an open product in the field. It's not that we > > wouldn't like to, as we believe in open source and in fact use a customized > > base debian distribution with the addition of all our custom software on > > top. .... The last reason is why we weld our units shut and the aluminum > > metal must be cut and drilled to open it up!" > > Please explain a bit further on this: What are the product's > modifications on Debian that you require them to distribute? Thing is, > although this people's argument (i.e. "the system being open to > hackers" and all) is quite flawed, Debian is a _distribution_, it is > not -as a whole- made available on a Copyleft license. > > If you spot they have modified the Linux kernel, the GNU tools, the > compiler, etc., then you can demand them sources for their > modifications - But you can freely mix Debian and completely > propietary code. And you will not be forced to disclose your > propietary sources - But modifications made to copylefted (note that > _not_ every Free Software license is copyleft) software should be > released as well.
You might want to bring this issue to http://gpl-violations.org/ they have a reputation of getting people to publish their sources. Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Keyid: 4743206C JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://people.debian.org/~nomeata
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