On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 09:56 +1000, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > On Sunday 15 October 2006 09:33, Karl Lattimer wrote: > > After reading a little of this thread I'm wondering what it is exactly > > you're expecting Asus to give you? If you're looking at getting the code > > for their front panel stuff then I'd think again. It is within the GPL > > to produce custom code resting on top of linux to handle whatever you > > like without having to give the code away. > > What I would like to be able to do is to start with their setup and modify > it - add another tv card driver, add more programs, divert the init scripts > to do something else - all the usual things linux users try to do with their > setups.
In a perfect world ;) You could try and persuade them to open source their code under another license, one which prohibits sale and distribution but not derivative works. I wrote a basic one of these years ago for some code I had which basically ensured all patches had to come back to me or my copyrights were violated. Anyone can slap any license they want on code if its theirs. > I agree that to get the code for the front panel stuff and add that into my > current setup may infringe their copyright. Maybe you don't even need code, you can run unversioned kernel code, and do various other things to get binary stuff working else where. Have you tried dissecting their distribution? K, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
