On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 03:22:47PM -0400, Marcel Mourguiart wrote:
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.
You are still talking crap. It does not matter _how_ you distribute software that violates a license, just the fact that you distribute it makes the violation. Sure there are commercial add-ons for these distributions. As long as these commercial add-ons do not violate a license this is legal but if they _do_ violate a license this is no longer legal and this is what we where talking about.
No, but you can't put a non-free drivers with a GPL kernel, that's in conflict with GPL licence.
Hey, you finally got it! Now you only have to make one final conclusion to find that binary-only kernel drivers are illegal. I still have some hope left that you will make this.
Ok, so illuminate me, why you can't put non-free drivers in the same server as a depositary ??
If you in return explain me what a "depositary" is in this context.
What about this ?? http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-... Is against GPL ??
No, because it does not include the violating kernel module at all.
And what about this: http://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.0/inst-source-extra/suse/i586/km_smartl... Is against GPL too ??
Yes. Didn't you read the discussions on this list some time before 10.1 was released?
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.
I can just repeat: Get a clue! Robert -- Robert Schiele Dipl.-Wirtsch.informatiker mailto:rschiele@gmail.com "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur."