-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/15/08 16:01, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: > On 15/05/2008, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> On 05/15/08 12:41, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: >> > On 14/05/2008, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >> >> OH, Airbus is using Linux too... So, do you want to have access to the >> >> sourcecode because you are traveling with an Airbus? >> > >> > In fact, I believe it is available. It has to be anyways, according to >> > the GPL. There is no ASP loophole (I assume you are referring to the >> >> >> You need to study the GPL more closely. >> >> The source only needs to be available to parties that you distribute >> binaries to. In this case, presuming that Airbus subcontracted out >> the coding of the in-flight entertainment module, the distributees >> are Airbus and the companies that purchase the planes. > > How does this work with GPLv3? They changed it from "distribute" to > "convey". Is Airbus conveying the software to its customers or not?
How can the software be conveyed to me if I'm pushing buttons on a seat-back screen that's connected to a server in the stewardesses' area. *Especially* since I don't own the seat!!!! > If > there is a way to bring a USB dongle and get some of the software from > the entertainment system in the Airbus passenger seats, has that > software been distributed to me or not? If was a skiff, I'd be fishing. > How does the AGPL handle a > situation like this, if the software were under the AGPL? Don't know, don't care. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA ESPN makes baseball players better. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFILKvvS9HxQb37XmcRAtWAAJ44NgN0pc/aFXZAqzoXBfz3otr6PgCfV1FE /aJkfYYDUx/P9YxR60Y9JVw= =GwnG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
