2006/9/5, Robert Schiele
On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 11:25:46AM -0400, Marcel Mourguiart wrote:
So what is the advantage of Linux then if you easily give up its major advantage, namely being open-source?
Try to name one linux distribution with only free open source software available, debian no, suse no, red hat no, ubuntu no ...
At least for the first three distributions there is no closed source software included in the free version, I am not that sure about Ubuntu. But what do you want to tell us now? Just because non-free software does exist we whould resign and give up the idea of free software?
Wrong, all have non-free software in there servers ALL, one thing is to put non-free software on your media ( CDs, DVDs, etc ) and a completely different thing is to put it in your server as a depositary.
GPL and nvidia binarie driver is not ?? _That's mean you can't provide
So been not open source is not the issue, well then the problem is kernel is the
That's the legal point, yes.
nvidia driver with the kernel in the same media_, but not in the same server
The GPL does not say anything about _where_ you have to provide the software but _what_ you habe to provide, namely the source code.
No, but you can't put a non-free drivers with a GPL kernel, that's in conflict with GPL licence.
as a repositories ?? ... that's just ridiculous, there is just no legal
issue there.
Would you mind getting a clue about the GPL before telling other people where there are legal issues and where not?
Ok, so illuminate me, why you can't put non-free drivers in the same server as a depositary ?? What about this ?? http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-... Is against GPL ?? And what about this: http://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.0/inst-source-extra/suse/i586/km_smartl... Is against GPL too ?? If you want to keep your server with only free-software that's ok, but don't can a say a lie like you can't put the nvidia driver in your server becouse is agains GPL, that's just a lie. -- Marcel Mourguiart