Re: [expert] [OT] LILO

[Arandir]

On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Derek Simkowiak wrote:
>   I thought that simply referring people to an "official" URL was
> sufficient (i.e., referring to a public FTP site or the project HTTP
> homepage).
> 
>   Are people really required to maintain copies of the source code
> for the products they ship out (if it's under GPL)?
> 
> --Derek

Listing an URL in the documentation is usually sufficient, as is listing the
URL of the guy you originally got the source from. URL's aren't necessary, but
something similar is (coupon for postage-paid floppy).

If you haven't made any modifications, then simply pass on the complete
documentation has you recieved it.

-- 
Arandir...
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Re: [expert] [OT] LILO

[Steve Philp]

Arandir wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Steve Philp wrote:
> 
> > If I remember the commotion correctly, Be's boot loader is LILO.  They
> > originally shipped it without source and got a big
> > Welcome from the open source community.  :)
> 
> Actually, they don't have to ship it with the source, only the license. They
> DO have to make the source available somehow though. If you ask for the source
> and they say they can't give it, then there's a problem.

You're right, of course.  My apologies for the confusion.

-- 
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] [OT] LILO

[Derek Simkowiak]

> Actually, they don't have to ship it with the source, only the license. They
> DO have to make the source available somehow though. If you ask for the source
> and they say they can't give it, then there's a problem.

I thought that simply referring people to an "official" URL was
sufficient (i.e., referring to a public FTP site or the project HTTP
homepage).

Are people really required to maintain copies of the source code
for the products they ship out (if it's under GPL)?

--Derek

Re: [expert] [OT] LILO

[Arandir]

On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Steve Philp wrote:

> If I remember the commotion correctly, Be's boot loader is LILO.  They
> originally shipped it without source and got a big
> Welcome from the open source community.  :)

Actually, they don't have to ship it with the source, only the license. They
DO have to make the source available somehow though. If you ask for the source
and they say they can't give it, then there's a problem.

 -- 
Arandir...
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