On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Vladimir Pantelic <[email protected]> wrote: > Angus Gratton wrote:> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 08:55:54AM +0200, Oliver > Schinagl wrote: >>> >If the kernel is distributed as part of a rom, I could understand the >>> >readme being visible inside of the zip, but the "offer" seems to be for >>> >kernel releases. >>> > >>> >>> That's an interesting concept, and since I'm no legal expert nor am >>> I a lawyer, I only voice my opinion. >>> >>> It is highly unlikely (possible it's a kernel module that exports it >>> as virtual file) that it is part of the kernel. Actually, the readme >>> is part of the ROM, or rather disk-image, which isn't really an >>> offer with the kernel. >> >> FWIW, I think Android relies on something similar with it's >> About->Legal option. All the legal notices including kernel details >> are there, accessible that way on the device itself and also in a >> plaintext file on the filesystem image. > > yes, but Google also ships a written GPL offer in paper form, all the Nexus > devices I have seen so far have that.
This may actually go away, these sleeves are more expensive than one might think. > > >> As far as I know some vendors will also ship printed legal notices in >> the box, but I believe not all of them do this. >> >> IANAL Google's legal minds seem to think this is OK, and in my >> personal opinion it's also compliant with the spirit of the GPL. > > About->Legal has more than just the GPL, there are also all the other > licenses that demand mention, but not a written offer for source code. This is only because this is common to all android devices, and thus, people would mistakenly thing we provide source for HTC or Samsung. There should be another page that says you can grab source from AOSP, though i can't remember the exact menu sequence :)
