Hello All I started a thread some time ago called "GPL Issues" I got some responses which of course generated a bunch more questions. I'm talking to the powers-that-be in my company (which is quite huge, global 500) about moving one of our products' OS from Solaris to Linux. In other words, we make a product that has an embedded computer running Solaris and now we are considering making the same product but running Linux instead. The product is sold to companies who have absolutely no interest in the source code (this is true). Does anyone on this list have experience (that they're willing to share) on their legal issues of porting from Solaris to Linux? I've already been to gnu.org and read all of their GPL and LGPL documentation. Furthermore, my email questions have gone unanswered (probably due to lack of staffing). TIA & Cheers
On Monday 02 February 2004 16:49, expatriate wrote:
Does anyone on this list have experience (that they're willing to share) on their legal issues of porting from Solaris to Linux? I've already been to gnu.org and read all of their GPL and LGPL documentation. Furthermore, my email questions have gone unanswered (probably due to lack of staffing).
If you are more specific, maybe somebody around here can help. I doubt there are any lawyers around in any of those lists, but maybe we can point you to the respective legal documents that are available. BTW I don't think it matters from a legal point of view if your customer has interest in the sources right now; that doesn't change the GPL at all. The GPL states very plainly what you must provide and what not. CU -- Stefan Hundhammer <sh@suse.de> Penguin by conviction. YaST2 Development SuSE Linux AG Nuernberg, Germany
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