On Wednesday 26 November 2003 09:34 pm, Charlie Brady wrote: > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How can you do further development without an up-to-date base ? Or are > > you planning to use some other base of some nature ? > > Although I can understand your curiosity about Mitel's plans, I see no > reason why your questions should be answered here.
Perhaps not. Let me be more specific. If Mitel is planning to make changes to some base distro, and makes no attempt to return said changes in source form to the larger *nix community, and uses it's SME as a base distro , or some other distro derived from SME, for these modifications, then my questions below are very important. i.e. If Mitel is planning to distribute ANY binaries that conform in ANY way to the above paragraph, then you are REQUIRED to make these available. That is the license you agreed to as I understand it. Perhaps I am wrong about the license SME was released under. I notice that Mitel is saying it WILL comply with GPL, so my questions are appropriate at this time or in the near future. So I ask again, what are your (Mitel's) plans about this Charlie ? Very best regards; Bob Finch > > > > * Copyright and licensing > > > > > > The code in the SME Server remains copyright Mitel Networks and is > > > released under the GNU General Public License. The GPL provides > > > you with the freedom to modify the software as you choose, but > > > also comes with the requirement to share those modifications. We > > > trust that those people who derive software from the SME Server > > > will comply with the requirements of the GPL. > > > > Um, has Mitel decided whether and how any such changes are distributed ? > > Mitel has no control over how any "derived works" would be distributed by > those who develop them. Dan is simply saying that any derived works must > be distributed in compliance with the GPL. Moreover, it's in the interest > of the community to help ensure that that takes place (for example, by > reporting any breaches). > > > I am totally confused as to how this is all suppose to work from here on > > out. > > You can either: > > - become involved > > or > > - be patient > > -- > Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com/ > Phone: +1 (613) 592 5660 or 592 2122 Fax: +1 (613) 592 1175 > > A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right. > Q: Why should i start my reply below the quoted text? > > > -- > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Searchable archive at > http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
