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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Legal Notice ServedRe: Legal Notice Served
From: Joseph Jones <joe_at_bumpycarrot.cjb.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:43:23 +0100 I don't think it's BlueChip's fault at all, and I don't think anyone is really biting back at him, but how much harder would it be to distribute it as a .zip rather than a .exe? You're making an issue out of this where one doesn't really exist. Joe Fred Maxwell wrote: > Daniel Stenberg wrote: > > >>A much larger percentage of the Rockbox developers use Linux. > > > Perhaps they need to run WINE, too. > > >>But if you want to ignore Linux, feel free to do that. Just don't expect >>us to cheer with joy. > > > I don't "ignore Linux." I have two PCs running Linux in my home (Mandrake > and Lindows currently). But I realize that I'll have to go to the Windows > boxes to access certain files. > > >>What OS do you think Björn runs, the person to whom the question was >>asked? > > > Since you didn't know what all of my PCs run, why should I know what Björn > runs on all of his PCs? > > >>He distributes the binary that is GPL-licensed, he must provide the source >>code as well. As paragraph 3 states. > > > Bluechip stated: "source and binary in one file." Since you didn't even > run the file, how can you claim that the source to the GPL code was not > included? Perhaps the file was a self-extracting archive. > > >>Providing source code is not "supporting a platform". But I don't require >>you to grasp this. > > > Unless I've recently suffered a severe head trauma, you aren't likely to be > my intellectual superior, so lose the attitude. When someone provides you > source code in a self-extracting EXE file (I'd confirm it was there, but DNS > isn't resolving homepages.ntlworld.com), demanding that he provide it in a > format compatible with your system is requiring that he support a platform. > > >>You can be as sarcastic as you want. GPL is the license Rockbox is >>released under. > > > So get the file, execute it on a Windows system, and if it's not a > self-extracting archive containing the source, then complain about GPL > violations. > > Bluechip has been quite reasonable and has, on multiple occasions, extended > olive branches, this being one of those times. You often lash out at him, > this time referring to his efforts as "a joke." You accuse him of violating > the GPL without even making the effort to see if the file he sent was a > self-extracting archive that included the source. > > Regards, > Fred Maxwell > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > > _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-06-12 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |