Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-11 Thread Connie Sieh
Policy on Scientific Linux(SL) Life Cycle We plan on following the TUV Life Cycle. Currently that is a total of 10 years. See http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/ We expect to continue releasing Scientific Linux(SL) just as we have in the past. * * Provided TUV continue

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-11 Thread Yasha Karant
On 06/11/2012 08:39 AM, Connie Sieh wrote: Policy on Scientific Linux(SL) Life Cycle We plan on following the TUV Life Cycle. Currently that is a total of 10 years. See http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/ We expect to continue releasing Scientific Linux(SL) just as

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-11 Thread Connie Sieh
On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Yasha Karant wrote: On 06/11/2012 08:39 AM, Connie Sieh wrote: Policy on Scientific Linux(SL) Life Cycle We plan on following the TUV Life Cycle. Currently that is a total of 10 years. See http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/ We expect to continue

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-11 Thread zxq9
On 06/12/2012 03:49 AM, Yasha Karant wrote: On 06/11/2012 08:39 AM, Connie Sieh wrote: Policy on Scientific Linux(SL) Life Cycle We plan on following the TUV Life Cycle. Currently that is a total of 10 years. See http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/ We expect to continue releasing Scie

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-11 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Yasha Karant wrote: > On 06/11/2012 08:39 AM, Connie Sieh wrote: > >> Policy on Scientific Linux(SL) Life Cycle >> >> We plan on following the TUV Life Cycle. Currently that is a total of >> 10 years. See >> http://www.scientificlinux.**org/distributions

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-12 Thread Yasha Karant
On 06/11/2012 07:49 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: [snip] If I am missing something, is there a discussion link (URL) of the issues, preferably not in legalese? There are dozens of threads, and there's the acutal licensing in the RPM's and SRPM's. Take a good look in /usr/share/doc/[packag

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-12 Thread zxq9
On 06/13/2012 01:31 AM, Yasha Karant wrote: On 06/11/2012 07:49 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: [snip] If I am missing something, is there a discussion link (URL) of the issues, preferably not in legalese? There are dozens of threads, and there's the acutal licensing in the RPM's and SRPM's. Take

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-12 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:11:23AM +0900, zxq9 wrote: > On 06/12/2012 03:49 AM, Yasha Karant wrote: > > > >Am I missing something here? I thought under the GPL as well as various > >other open source licenses, TUV was required to make available the full > >source from which the full non-encumbered

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-12 Thread zxq9
On 06/13/2012 06:44 AM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: (On this list, are we really required to say "TUV" instead of "***censored***", as if we were playing a 1984 double-speak live action game?) Yes, because lawyers have made even casual conversation a legal minefield for reasons other than get

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-13 Thread Yasha Karant
On 06/12/2012 02:44 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:11:23AM +0900, zxq9 wrote: On 06/12/2012 03:49 AM, Yasha Karant wrote: Am I missing something here? I thought under the GPL as well as various other open source licenses, TUV was required to make available the full

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-13 Thread P. Larry Nelson
zxq9 wrote on 6/13/2012 12:32 AM: On 06/13/2012 06:44 AM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: (On this list, are we really required to say "TUV" instead of "***censored***", as if we were playing a 1984 double-speak live action game?) Yes, because lawyers have made even casual conversation a legal mi

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-13 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:57 PM, P. Larry Nelson wrote: > zxq9 wrote on 6/13/2012 12:32 AM: >> On 06/13/2012 06:44 AM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: >> >>> (On this list, are we really required to say "TUV" instead of >>> "***censored***", >>> as if we were playing a 1984 double-speak live action g

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-13 Thread Connie Sieh
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012, P. Larry Nelson wrote: zxq9 wrote on 6/13/2012 12:32 AM: On 06/13/2012 06:44 AM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: (On this list, are we really required to say "TUV" instead of "***censored***", as if we were playing a 1984 double-speak live action game?) Yes, because lawyers

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-13 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 08:58:44AM -0700, Yasha Karant wrote: > On 06/12/2012 02:44 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > > > >For GPL-licensed code, ... > > As you understand the legal situation ... > No, I do not understand the legal situation. I only repeat what is considered to be the common und

Re: Policy on SL lifetimes

2012-06-13 Thread zxq9
On 06/14/2012 02:23 AM, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:57 PM, P. Larry Nelson wrote: zxq9 wrote on 6/13/2012 12:32 AM: On 06/13/2012 06:44 AM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: (On this list, are we really required to say "TUV" instead of "***censored***", as if we were playing a 1984 dou