Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-04 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 01:07:30AM -0600, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote: > Jeff, > > Have you also seen this applied where it is to the employer's > disadvantage? For example, given that I looked at and worked > with GPL code (say Linux kernel) in University before taking > employment as a

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-04 Thread Brian F. G. Bidulock
Jeff, Have you also seen this applied where it is to the employer's disadvantage? For example, given that I looked at and worked with GPL code (say Linux kernel) in University before taking employment as a programmer that the employer's product is inevitably contaiminated and no longer a trade

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-04 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Pavel Machek] > Hmm, add special code for GPL into gzip ;-). Someone on debian-devel thought of this, but went one further: change the gzip header magic so that only a "GPL-enabled" gzip can decompress it. I wonder how the zlib maintainers (zlib is not GPL) would feel about having to add

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-04 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > [Christopher Friesen] > > I think you should re-read the GPL. You only have to provide source > > to people to whome you have distributed your new binaries, and you > > only have to provide that source if you are asked for it. > > Oh, and you have to provide the complete text of the GPL

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-04 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! [Christopher Friesen] I think you should re-read the GPL. You only have to provide source to people to whome you have distributed your new binaries, and you only have to provide that source if you are asked for it. Oh, and you have to provide the complete text of the GPL as well,

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-04 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Pavel Machek] Hmm, add special code for GPL into gzip ;-). Someone on debian-devel thought of this, but went one further: change the gzip header magic so that only a "GPL-enabled" gzip can decompress it. I wonder how the zlib maintainers (zlib is not GPL) would feel about having to add

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-04 Thread Brian F. G. Bidulock
Jeff, Have you also seen this applied where it is to the employer's disadvantage? For example, given that I looked at and worked with GPL code (say Linux kernel) in University before taking employment as a programmer that the employer's product is inevitably contaiminated and no longer a trade

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-04 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 01:07:30AM -0600, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote: Jeff, Have you also seen this applied where it is to the employer's disadvantage? For example, given that I looked at and worked with GPL code (say Linux kernel) in University before taking employment as a programmer

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-03 Thread Alan Cox
> Where can this Lucent driver be found? The one I use with my Thinkpad is > version 5.68. It comes as a loadable module (ltmodem.o) with no serial.c, and I > havent gotten it to work with any kernel later than 2.2.14. The serial API had to change in 2.2.15. I know it broke the lucent driver,

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-03 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > Where can this Lucent driver be found? The one I use with my Thinkpad is > version 5.68. It comes as a loadable module (ltmodem.o) with no serial.c, and I > havent gotten it to work with any kernel later than 2.2.14. Search [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list, it was there.

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-03 Thread Wayne . Brown
an Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bcc: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec) Subject: Re: Fasttrak100 questions... Hi! > > You ar

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-03 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! Where can this Lucent driver be found? The one I use with my Thinkpad is version 5.68. It comes as a loadable module (ltmodem.o) with no serial.c, and I havent gotten it to work with any kernel later than 2.2.14. Search [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list, it was there.

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 10:42:29PM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: >Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 18:21:26 -0700 >From: "Jeff V. Merkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Under this argument, it is argued that the engineer who had source >code access "inevitably used" negative knowledge he gained

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 18:21:26 -0700 From: "Jeff V. Merkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Under this argument, it is argued that the engineer who had source code access "inevitably used" negative knowledge he gained from his study of the Linux sources. Absent the vague descriptions of

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 06:21:26PM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 06:46:59PM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > >Date:Sat, 2 Dec 2000 17:18:43 + (GMT) > >From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Well, it's not up to just me, given that Linus also has his

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 06:46:59PM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: >Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 17:18:43 + (GMT) >From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Well, it's not up to just me, given that Linus also has his copyright on > the code (although I doubt there's more than a few lines

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date:Sat, 2 Dec 2000 17:18:43 + (GMT) From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This is currently happening with lucent winmodem driver: there's > modified version of serial.c, and customers are asked to compile it > and (staticaly-)link it against proprietary code to get

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Alan Cox
> This is currently happening with lucent winmodem driver: there's > modified version of serial.c, and customers are asked to compile it > and (staticaly-)link it against proprietary code to get usable > driver. Is that okay or not? Probably not, its up to Ted to enforce I suspect. - To

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > You are wrong: If you modify the kernel you have to make it available for > > anyone who wishes to use it; that's also in the GPL. You can't add stuff > > No it isnt. Some people seem to think it is. You only have to provide a > change if you give someone the binaries concerned. Some

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! You are wrong: If you modify the kernel you have to make it available for anyone who wishes to use it; that's also in the GPL. You can't add stuff No it isnt. Some people seem to think it is. You only have to provide a change if you give someone the binaries concerned. Some people

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Alan Cox
This is currently happening with lucent winmodem driver: there's modified version of serial.c, and customers are asked to compile it and (staticaly-)link it against proprietary code to get usable driver. Is that okay or not? Probably not, its up to Ted to enforce I suspect. - To unsubscribe

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date:Sat, 2 Dec 2000 17:18:43 + (GMT) From: Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is currently happening with lucent winmodem driver: there's modified version of serial.c, and customers are asked to compile it and (staticaly-)link it against proprietary code to get usable

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 06:46:59PM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 17:18:43 + (GMT) From: Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, it's not up to just me, given that Linus also has his copyright on the code (although I doubt there's more than a few lines which

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 06:21:26PM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 06:46:59PM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: Date:Sat, 2 Dec 2000 17:18:43 + (GMT) From: Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, it's not up to just me, given that Linus also has his copyright on

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 18:21:26 -0700 From: "Jeff V. Merkey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Under this argument, it is argued that the engineer who had source code access "inevitably used" negative knowledge he gained from his study of the Linux sources. Absent the vague descriptions of

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-02 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 10:42:29PM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 18:21:26 -0700 From: "Jeff V. Merkey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Under this argument, it is argued that the engineer who had source code access "inevitably used" negative knowledge he gained from

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-01 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Christopher Friesen] > I think you should re-read the GPL. You only have to provide source > to people to whome you have distributed your new binaries, and you > only have to provide that source if you are asked for it. Oh, and you have to provide the complete text of the GPL as well, and for

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-12-01 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Christopher Friesen] I think you should re-read the GPL. You only have to provide source to people to whome you have distributed your new binaries, and you only have to provide that source if you are asked for it. Oh, and you have to provide the complete text of the GPL as well, and for

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-30 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 01:09:37PM -0500, Christopher Friesen wrote: > "Jeff V. Merkey" wrote: > > > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:14:47AM -0500, Christopher Friesen wrote: > > > > I think you should re-read the GPL. You only have to provide source to > > > people to whome you have distributed

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-30 Thread Christopher Friesen
"Jeff V. Merkey" wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:14:47AM -0500, Christopher Friesen wrote: > > I think you should re-read the GPL. You only have to provide source to > > people to whome you have distributed your new binaries, and you only > > have to provide that source if you are asked

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-30 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:14:47AM -0500, Christopher Friesen wrote: > "Jeff V. Merkey" wrote: > > > > On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 09:08:30PM +0100, Henning P . Schmiedehausen wrote: > > > > I use heavily patched kernels with lots of inhouse-stuff on a regular > > > base for my inhouse use and

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-30 Thread Christopher Friesen
"Jeff V. Merkey" wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 09:08:30PM +0100, Henning P . Schmiedehausen wrote: > > I use heavily patched kernels with lots of inhouse-stuff on a regular > > base for my inhouse use and there is _no_ way for you to even get a > > glimpse at it. I don't give this to

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-30 Thread Christopher Friesen
"Jeff V. Merkey" wrote: On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 09:08:30PM +0100, Henning P . Schmiedehausen wrote: I use heavily patched kernels with lots of inhouse-stuff on a regular base for my inhouse use and there is _no_ way for you to even get a glimpse at it. I don't give this to anyone, it's

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-30 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:14:47AM -0500, Christopher Friesen wrote: "Jeff V. Merkey" wrote: On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 09:08:30PM +0100, Henning P . Schmiedehausen wrote: I use heavily patched kernels with lots of inhouse-stuff on a regular base for my inhouse use and there is _no_

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-30 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 01:09:37PM -0500, Christopher Friesen wrote: "Jeff V. Merkey" wrote: On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:14:47AM -0500, Christopher Friesen wrote: I think you should re-read the GPL. You only have to provide source to people to whome you have distributed your new

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-30 Thread Christopher Friesen
"Jeff V. Merkey" wrote: On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:14:47AM -0500, Christopher Friesen wrote: I think you should re-read the GPL. You only have to provide source to people to whome you have distributed your new binaries, and you only have to provide that source if you are asked for it.

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 09:08:30PM +0100, Henning P . Schmiedehausen wrote: > No. > > If I modify the kernel or any other GPL software for my personal use > and give it to no one, I am _not at all_ forced to make it public. > > Only if I distribute a compiled kernel or any other program under

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, James A Sutherland wrote: > Nope. RMS defined the terms which apply to GPL code. You are free to define any > other terms you like for your own code, but it is no longer GPLed in that case. And the code for FASTTRAK is not GPL, James we did this once before. If Promise were

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Alan Cox
> > I have defined the terms that are acceptable to a binary module that > > incorporates GPL code of MINE! This I DEFINE THE TERMS, and they are > > module only! > > Nope. RMS defined the terms which apply to GPL code. You are free to define any > other terms you like for your own code, but it

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread James A Sutherland
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote: > On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > You are wrong: If you modify the kernel you have to make it available for > > > anyone who wishes to use it; that's also in the GPL. You can't add stuff > > > > No it isnt. Some people seem to think it is.

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
> Anything else would mean that I can send E-Mail to Linus Torvalds > every five minutes and request a verbatim copy of his current hacking > kernel tree as it is under GPL, which he is the forced to give to me > because of the GPL. This would be utter nonsense. Ask me for the GPL code that I

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > You are wrong: If you modify the kernel you have to make it available for > > anyone who wishes to use it; that's also in the GPL. You can't add stuff > > No it isnt. Some people seem to think it is. You only have to provide a > change if you give

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Alan Cox
> You are wrong: If you modify the kernel you have to make it available for > anyone who wishes to use it; that's also in the GPL. You can't add stuff No it isnt. Some people seem to think it is. You only have to provide a change if you give someone the binaries concerned. Some people also

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Henning P . Schmiedehausen
No. If I modify the kernel or any other GPL software for my personal use and give it to no one, I am _not at all_ forced to make it public. Only if I distribute a compiled kernel or any other program under GPL, then I must give also the sources on request (!) and may not put any restrictions on

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Dr. Kelsey Hudson
On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: > No, it does not. Distributing does. You will never get this right. You > can compile into your kernel anything you like as long as you don't > give it away. You are wrong: If you modify the kernel you have to make it available for anyone

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Dr. Kelsey Hudson
On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: No, it does not. Distributing does. You will never get this right. You can compile into your kernel anything you like as long as you don't give it away. You are wrong: If you modify the kernel you have to make it available for anyone who

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Henning P . Schmiedehausen
No. If I modify the kernel or any other GPL software for my personal use and give it to no one, I am _not at all_ forced to make it public. Only if I distribute a compiled kernel or any other program under GPL, then I must give also the sources on request (!) and may not put any restrictions on

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Alan Cox
You are wrong: If you modify the kernel you have to make it available for anyone who wishes to use it; that's also in the GPL. You can't add stuff No it isnt. Some people seem to think it is. You only have to provide a change if you give someone the binaries concerned. Some people also think

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Alan Cox wrote: You are wrong: If you modify the kernel you have to make it available for anyone who wishes to use it; that's also in the GPL. You can't add stuff No it isnt. Some people seem to think it is. You only have to provide a change if you give someone the

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
Anything else would mean that I can send E-Mail to Linus Torvalds every five minutes and request a verbatim copy of his current hacking kernel tree as it is under GPL, which he is the forced to give to me because of the GPL. This would be utter nonsense. Ask me for the GPL code that I wrote

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread James A Sutherland
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote: On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Alan Cox wrote: You are wrong: If you modify the kernel you have to make it available for anyone who wishes to use it; that's also in the GPL. You can't add stuff No it isnt. Some people seem to think it is. You only

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Alan Cox
I have defined the terms that are acceptable to a binary module that incorporates GPL code of MINE! This I DEFINE THE TERMS, and they are module only! Nope. RMS defined the terms which apply to GPL code. You are free to define any other terms you like for your own code, but it is no

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, James A Sutherland wrote: Nope. RMS defined the terms which apply to GPL code. You are free to define any other terms you like for your own code, but it is no longer GPLed in that case. And the code for FASTTRAK is not GPL, James we did this once before. If Promise were

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 09:08:30PM +0100, Henning P . Schmiedehausen wrote: No. If I modify the kernel or any other GPL software for my personal use and give it to no one, I am _not at all_ forced to make it public. Only if I distribute a compiled kernel or any other program under GPL,

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
Oh remember, I DEFINED the terms that the module could be created! Go and examine the wrapper and it is portions of the pdc202xx.c code that is mine. With that in mind, in order to use that GPL code, the restrictions and terms imposed were module exclusive. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: > No, it does not. Distributing does. You will never get this right. You > can compile into your kernel anything you like as long as you don't > give it away. And you will never boot it because the resources conflict with out the module, go

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-25 Thread Henning P. Schmiedehausen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andre Hedrick) writes: >NO! >Doing so VIOLATES the terms and agreement that you obtained the BINARY >Soft-Raid Engine and the GPL terms of the kernel. >On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, James Lamanna wrote: [...] >> The question is, is there a way to compile this module into the kernel

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-25 Thread Henning P. Schmiedehausen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andre Hedrick) writes: NO! Doing so VIOLATES the terms and agreement that you obtained the BINARY Soft-Raid Engine and the GPL terms of the kernel. On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, James Lamanna wrote: [...] The question is, is there a way to compile this module into the kernel so

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: No, it does not. Distributing does. You will never get this right. You can compile into your kernel anything you like as long as you don't give it away. And you will never boot it because the resources conflict with out the module, go try

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
Oh remember, I DEFINED the terms that the module could be created! Go and examine the wrapper and it is portions of the pdc202xx.c code that is mine. With that in mind, in order to use that GPL code, the restrictions and terms imposed were module exclusive. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
NO! Doing so VIOLATES the terms and agreement that you obtained the BINARY Soft-Raid Engine and the GPL terms of the kernel. On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, James Lamanna wrote: > So, I have a system that has 2 45GB IDE drives connected > up to a Promise Technologies Fasttrack 100. > Promise

Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-24 Thread James Lamanna
So, I have a system that has 2 45GB IDE drives connected up to a Promise Technologies Fasttrack 100. Promise Techonologies currently has a driver that you can compile against a 2.2 kernel into a module, but it also includes one proprietary object file. During my linux installation I was able to

Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-24 Thread James Lamanna
So, I have a system that has 2 45GB IDE drives connected up to a Promise Technologies Fasttrack 100. Promise Techonologies currently has a driver that you can compile against a 2.2 kernel into a module, but it also includes one proprietary object file. During my linux installation I was able to

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
NO! Doing so VIOLATES the terms and agreement that you obtained the BINARY Soft-Raid Engine and the GPL terms of the kernel. On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, James Lamanna wrote: So, I have a system that has 2 45GB IDE drives connected up to a Promise Technologies Fasttrack 100. Promise Techonologies