2006/9/5, Robert Schiele
Wrong, all have non-free software in there servers ALL, one thing is to
On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 03:22:47PM -0400, Marcel Mourguiart wrote: 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.
Know, try to think a little before you ownser, if i'm saying that, why i repeating that you CAN put non-free software on your _server_ , not your cd's, not your dvd's but your **server**
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.
I mean "repository", my english is not that good.
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.
Take a better look: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/
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 10.1was released?
So you fix it before 10.1 ?? and what is this: http://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.1/inst-source-extra/suse/i586/ http://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.1/SUSE-Linux10.1-GM-Extra/suse/i586/ Why can't be there nvidia drivers ??
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!
Ok, sorry i'm probably stupid, but again just in case you did't see it here are non-free kernel modules in: suse 10: http://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.0/inst-source-extra/suse/i586/km_smartl... suse 10.1 http://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.1/SUSE-Linux10.1-GM-Extra/suse/i586/sma... So know, again, why the smartlink kernel module is fine, but the nvidia driver is wrong ?? -- Marcel Mourguiart