Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 02:05:58 +0800 (WST) From: Peter Wemm <peter@haywire.DIALix.COM> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: GPL code in freebsd? Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.91.950617015105.24890H-100000@haywire.DIALix.COM>
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I just saw that Alan Cox fired a salvo at FreeBSD in gnu.misc.discuss, under the subject: "Pre-HURD GNU System: Linux or FreeBSD?" I don't think he was aware of the default "i386/i386/math_emulate.c" file which has no such restrictions. (Hell.. It has no darn copyright at the top either! - the only mention of copyright is Linus Torvald's one in the middle). Does he have a point with the ISDN stuff? I just read the GPL and got a headache. :-( -Peter ----------------------- > Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss > Path: haywire.DIALix.COM!DIALix!news.uwa.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!info!iialan > From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox) > Subject: Re: Pre-HURD GNU System: Linux or FreeBSD? > X-Nntp-Posting-Host: iifeak.swan.ac.uk > Message-ID: <DA5tqz.G15@info.swan.ac.uk> > Sender: news@info.swan.ac.uk > Organization: Institute For Industrial Information Technology > References: <3qlves$3vm@news3.digex.net> > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 11:11:22 GMT > Lines: 42 > > In article <3qlves$3vm@news3.digex.net> "Frederick (Rick) A Niles" <niles@axp745.gsfc.nasa.gov> writes: > >I've heard that R. Stallman has said that the Linux/GNU system > >is the offical FSF GNU system until the HURD is ready, however, > >one (currently) needs FreeBSD to install the HURD. Does this > >not introduce a conflict? Perhaps the HURD and even Mach > > FreeBSD is already internally in violation of its own licenses. > > The FreeBSD-Current release at the moment contains what looks very much like > GPL code and as such is subject to the GNU public license. > > viz: FreeBSD-Current/src/sys/gnu/isdn.c > > * Copyright (c) 1994 Dietmar Friede (dietmar@friede.de) All rights > reserved. > * FSF/FSAG GNU Copyright applies > * > * An intermediate level for ISDN Drivers. > > Since this contradicts other licenses in the BSD code (of which there are > many) the FreeBSD-Current system is not a legally distributable product. It > seems the FSF may need to take action. > > The people selling it are also persistantly violating other copyrights on > the FreeBSD code (eg from the FPU emulator that requires: > > * 4. The name of W. Metzenthen may not be used to endorse or promote > * products derived from this software without specific prior written > * permission. > > Conspicuously absent from all CD ROM distributors material. > > A considerable number of Linux CD-ROM vendors also need a reminder that they > should be crediting UCB for many applications. > > > Alan > -- > ..-----------,,----------------------------,,----------------------------,, > // Alan Cox // iialan@www.linux.org.uk // GW4PTS@GB7SWN.#45.GBR.EU // > ``----------'`----------------------------'`----------------------------'' > Redistribution of this message via the Microsoft Network is prohibited ----------------------- > Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss > Path: haywire.DIALix.COM!DIALix!news.uwa.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!info!iialan > From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox) > Subject: Re: Pre-HURD GNU System: Linux or FreeBSD? > X-Nntp-Posting-Host: iifeak.swan.ac.uk > Message-ID: <DA5x34.GwA@info.swan.ac.uk> > Sender: news@info.swan.ac.uk > Organization: Institute For Industrial Information Technology > References: <3qlves$3vm@news3.digex.net> <DA5tqz.G15@info.swan.ac.uk> > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 12:23:27 GMT > Lines: 17 > > In article <DA5tqz.G15@info.swan.ac.uk> iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox) writes: > > * 4. The name of W. Metzenthen may not be used to endorse or promote > > * products derived from this software without specific prior written > > * permission. > > > >Conspicuously absent from all CD ROM distributors material. > > Before I confuse everyone I pasted the wrong paragraph. The paragraph I > meant to paste is #3 which requires people mentioning this facility (many > FreeBSD CD's say 'floating point emulator' in their feature list) to credit > the Author in such advertising/info. > > -- > ..-----------,,----------------------------,,----------------------------,, > // Alan Cox // iialan@www.linux.org.uk // GW4PTS@GB7SWN.#45.GBR.EU // > ``----------'`----------------------------'`----------------------------'' > Redistribution of this message via the Microsoft Network is prohibited -----------------------
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