Re: [ilugd] BOSS Linux, and source code availability

2008-07-27 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:26:08 +0530 "Nagarjuna G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > please ask them for the entire sources, or ask them to show them a > link to the sources for download. If they do not comply inform me. > In my next step, I will write to them formally. [...] I have done that thr

Re: [ilugd] BOSS Linux, and source code availability

2008-07-12 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:38:20 +0100 Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > I had this conversation with some people from BossLinux a while back.. > damn, I forget when this was. Maybe 18 months +, can dig through the > emails and find out who / when etc. But the result of the conversati

Re: [ilugd] BOSS Linux, and source code availability

2008-07-11 Thread Karanbir Singh
Gora Mohanty wrote: > Hi, >I seem to remember a discussion on this some time ago, > but am not sure what the conclusion was. I was reminded > of this in the meeting yesterday, and when I visit the > BossLinux site, I see no place to download source code, > nor any mention that such is available

Re: [ilugd] BOSS Linux, and source code availability

2008-07-10 Thread Nagarjuna G.
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:26:28 +0530 > Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] >> It's only a violation if someone gives you BOSS Linux and does not give >> you the source. If you have a copy of BOSS Linux, then you ar

Re: [ilugd] BOSS Linux, and source code availability

2008-07-10 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:26:28 +0530 Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > It's only a violation if someone gives you BOSS Linux and does not give > you the source. If you have a copy of BOSS Linux, then you are > entitled to the source of the GPL portions it contains. If you don't > hav

Re: [ilugd] BOSS Linux, and source code availability

2008-07-10 Thread Nagarjuna G.
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Er, nothing obvious about it -- I'm trying to be precise about the > licence and the law here. To reiterate -- if someone gives you > binaries of a GPL software s/he is obliged to give you the sources too > if you ask for

Re: [ilugd] BOSS Linux, and source code availability

2008-07-10 Thread Raj Mathur
On Friday 11 Jul 2008, Mani A wrote: > Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> nor any mention that such is available. Specifically, > >> the download page, http://bosslinux.in/downloads has no > >> such note. > >> > >> Is this not a GPL violation? Would someone from FSF-India > >> be willi

Re: [ilugd] BOSS Linux, and source code availability

2008-07-10 Thread Mani A
Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> nor any mention that such is available. Specifically, >> the download page, http://bosslinux.in/downloads has no >> such note. >> >> Is this not a GPL violation? Would someone from FSF-India >> be willing to take this up with CDAC, and BossLinux? > > It'

Re: [ilugd] BOSS Linux, and source code availability

2008-07-10 Thread Raj Mathur
On Thursday 10 Jul 2008, Gora Mohanty wrote: > Hi, > I seem to remember a discussion on this some time ago, > but am not sure what the conclusion was. I was reminded > of this in the meeting yesterday, and when I visit the > BossLinux site, I see no place to download source code, > nor any mentio

[ilugd] BOSS Linux, and source code availability

2008-07-09 Thread Gora Mohanty
Hi, I seem to remember a discussion on this some time ago, but am not sure what the conclusion was. I was reminded of this in the meeting yesterday, and when I visit the BossLinux site, I see no place to download source code, nor any mention that such is available. Specifically, the download page