Re: GPL confusion

2005-12-04 Thread Timothy Pick
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 00:38 +, Jim Cheetham wrote: > On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 01:28:45PM +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > > Imagine a software project is written in php and is released under the > > > GPL. > > > > > Are they obliged to release their changes? I am thinking that as they > > > o

Re: GPL confusion

2005-12-04 Thread Lee Begg
Just going to add my POV as a OSS developer. On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:29, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:24, Nick Rout wrote: > > Just help me with my train of thought. > > > > Imagine a software project is written in php and is released under the > > GPL. > > > > Imagine someon

VPN/Wireless help needed!

2005-12-04 Thread Steve Holdoway
I've got a wireless network up and running that a few neighbours use to access the internet, and I'm trying to expand into a community based wisp. As such, the traffic is configured to use my ADSL router as their gateway, and they can't see any of my servers in passing. I'd like to extend this

Re: GPL confusion

2005-12-04 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:24, Nick Rout wrote: > Just help me with my train of thought. > > Imagine a software project is written in php and is released under the > GPL. > > Imagine someone modifies that project to run their own website, operates > that website but never releases their changes. > > Ar

Re: GPL confusion

2005-12-04 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Mon 05 Dec 2005 13:39:24 NZDT +1300, Jim Cheetham wrote: [GPL-v3] Maybe, but that's not out yet, and it wouldn't effect any software already released with the standard wording "... at your option, GPL v2 or later". Where to draw the line might be open for debate, but IMHO in the case of apach

Re: GPL confusion

2005-12-04 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Imagine someone modifies that project to run their own website, operates > that website but never releases their changes. I should add that the license of the website management software might put further restrictions on how you can use it on your website. However, the license is then no longer

Re: GPL confusion

2005-12-04 Thread Karin Purser
Hi All, The GPL doesn't ask you to do anything unless you distribute. But if you have modified it in a way that others might benefit then you could submit a patch. Cherio, Karin "May all you hopes and dreams be just around the corner" You can find the podcasts at http://mirror.linux.org.au/p

Re: GPL confusion

2005-12-04 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 01:28:45PM +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Are they obliged to release their changes? I am thinking that as they > > only use their changes on their own website there is no "distribution" > > of their changes, and the GPL does not require it's release. Am I right? > > Yes

Re: GPL confusion

2005-12-04 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 01:28:45PM +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Imagine a software project is written in php and is released under the > > GPL. > > > Are they obliged to release their changes? I am thinking that as they > > only use their changes on their own website there is no "distribution

Re: GPL confusion

2005-12-04 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Imagine a software project is written in php and is released under the > GPL. > Are they obliged to release their changes? I am thinking that as they > only use their changes on their own website there is no "distribution" > of their changes, and the GPL does not require it's release. Am I right

GPL confusion

2005-12-04 Thread Nick Rout
Just help me with my train of thought. Imagine a software project is written in php and is released under the GPL. Imagine someone modifies that project to run their own website, operates that website but never releases their changes. Are they obliged to release their changes? I am thinking that

wiki change (minor)

2005-12-04 Thread Jim Cheetham
I've removed the WikiBlog plugin, because it was being used by spammers (as far as I can see, the blog was being automatically posted to, so I presume they were waiting to see if the changes showed up on Google) I don't think any of you people used the plugin, so you shouldn't notice anything :-)

IT events

2005-12-04 Thread Zane Gilmore
More IT events. http://www.nzcs.org.nz/SITE_Default/branches/SITE_canterbury/itevents.asp -- Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Waananga o Waitaha Private Bag 4800, Christchurch New Zealand Phone +64

Re: os ??

2005-12-04 Thread Robert Himmelmann
John Mallett wrote: I have heard the open office does not work. I also remember when kde first started. There were a few bugs in it then. But they were quite quickly fixed. Ver 3.5 might already have got rid of most of them. On my Gentoo server/laptop KDE 3.5 does work very well. So does O

Re: os ??

2005-12-04 Thread John Mallett
On Friday 02 December 2005 03:20 am, Dale & Yvonne Ogilvie wrote: > Flaky means software that doesn't quite work, not crashes. The hardware is > pretty solid I think, I can't remember a crash, even in windows... Some of > these may be garden variety Suse 10 bugs, or perhaps they are 64bit > specifi