Re: restricted sourceless ARM uploads

2006-12-20 Thread Bill Gatliff
not a DD, so it isn't like I have any authority to do otherwise. :) and we can at least use it as a private developer-access machine in the meantime. Indeed. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: restricted sourceless ARM uploads

2006-12-20 Thread Bill Gatliff
, I've never had any issues with either distcc+crossgcc--- which I've tested extensively--- or QEMU. But forcing the use of real hardware wherever possible means (a) you know for sure, and (b) you have to keep your real hardware maintained. Those seem like good things. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff

Re: Request: Source for parts of GNU/Solaris

2005-11-11 Thread Bill Gatliff
Anthony: Anthony Towns wrote: On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 11:56:32PM -0600, Bill Gatliff wrote: And, I mean, seriously: using the threat of legal action to make people remove free software from the Internet? Whose side are we on here? No. The threat of legal action to stop the theft

Re: Request: Source for parts of GNU/Solaris

2005-11-11 Thread Bill Gatliff
Glenn: Glenn Maynard wrote: On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 10:11:24AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: Bill Gatliff writes: Taking something you're not entitled to ~= theft. Nothing is being taken. A copyright may be being infringed, but the owner is not being deprived of any property

Re: Request: Source for parts of GNU/Solaris

2005-11-08 Thread Bill Gatliff
. And that's obviously a topic that plenty of people in the Debian crowd have an opinion on. :) I don't see it as hostility, I see it as an attempt to enforce the GPL. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: bug closing etiquette

2005-11-08 Thread Bill Gatliff
saying you filed a report against x.y; x.y+1 has just been released, could you please try it and see if it addresses your issue? b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Request: Source for parts of GNU/Solaris

2005-11-08 Thread Bill Gatliff
I justify my participation in this thread based on my interest in protecting Debian's interests. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
are stable. What, with the lead promoter and configuration manager on record as saying stability is not an objective. [And as someone who maintains kernels for a living, I can tell you with no uncertainty that he's meeting that non-objective really, really well.] b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
the library. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
license). Thus, I don't see a problem here. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
But yes, GPL is more restrictive than CDDL. More accurately, the GPL preserves more end user rights than CDDL. That's hardly restrictive--- especially if you're an end user. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
Thomas: Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If application A is deployed as a standalone application built using the major components of the target operating system, a'la a Debian package, I don't have to provide source code for anything other than

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
not to use the CDDL for this reason. Also unfortunate in the CDDL is its use of the term intellectual property http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml. http://bits.netizen.com.au/licenses/NOSL/nosl.txt -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
emacs. Aaah, yes b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: i386-uclibc debian

2005-10-26 Thread Bill Gatliff
. Hardly even a noob, in fact). Thanks! b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bits (Nybbles?) from the Vancouver release team meeting

2005-03-20 Thread Bill Gatliff
] Not at the same time, of course. ;-) -- Bill Gatliff Embedded Linux *is* user friendly, it just chooses its friends carefully. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]