Hi there,
As I could not find a direct maintainer email address, I'm sending this
to the mailing list.
SysLinux, being a GPL product, is being sold under a very restrictive
license without even offering the sources to the public.
I've written up my findings here: http://www.palli.nl/~ivo/rdp/
Please have a look for yourself.
Regards,
Ivo Palli
Hi, Ivo Palli <ivo at palli.nl> schrieb am 19.10.03 03:40:46:> As I could not find a direct maintainer email address, I'm sending this > to the mailing list. > > SysLinux, being a GPL product, is being sold under a very restrictive > license without even offering the sources to the public. > > I've written up my findings here: http://www.palli.nl/~ivo/rdp/Haven't even looked at your page, but you're completely wrong. Download the package, and you'll find a lot of '*.asm' files. No C code included, since syslinux is written in assembler, and there are also readme's that point out which tools to use to get your binary. So please look into the package before complaining. Regards, Josef ______________________________________________________________________________ Horoskop, Comics, VIPs, Wetter, Sport und Lotto im WEB.DE Screensaver1.2 Kostenlos downloaden: http://screensaver.web.de/?mc=021110
Hi, jc at ljchurch.co.uk schrieb am 20.10.03 10:21:56:> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:50:40 +0200, Josef Siemes <jsiemes at web.de> wrote: > > Ivo Palli <ivo at palli.nl> schrieb am 19.10.03 03:40:46: > >> SysLinux, being a GPL product, is being sold under a very restrictive > >> license without even offering the sources to the public. > >> > >> I've written up my findings here: http://www.palli.nl/~ivo/rdp/ > > > > Haven't even looked at your page, but you're completely wrong. Download > > the > > package, and you'll find a lot of '*.asm' files. No C code included, > > since syslinux > > is written in assembler, and there are also readme's that point out > > which tools > > to use to get your binary. > > > > So please look into the package before complaining. > > I think you're being a bit hasty with your criticism there, Josef. > > Ivo's is concerned about a company that seems to be using syslinux as part > of a commercial product without following the stipulations of the GPL. I > think you should have a look at the article he wrote.Agreed ... from what was written above I thought that syslinux was violating the GPL. Ivo should have written something like 'EasyRDP violates GPL, syslinux included in the package'. Sorry, but the wording above was quite confusing, and thanks Ivo for reporting this. Regards, Josef ____________________________________________________________________________ ImmobilienScout24 - Uber 170.000 Immobilien - Finden Sie hier Ihre neue Traumwohnung! In Immobilien die Nr.1 im Netz: http://info.is24.de/web.de
TIPS REQUIRED Hello: I'm currently working on embedded system Called Compunauta Micro Linux II, it uses like EasyRDP, lixux stuff included SysLinux. Which steps I need to follow to provide the sources for every program, because the Idea of this Linux version is the smallest space, on 200MB CD-ROMs, of course I can't put the sources on main distribution. The idea on this embedded system is to sale ROMs preconfigured with ISPs username and password, and put on the internet, the GPL one and standard. My actual version works about 1 hour, because an error on my scripts that drops ramdisk with squid logs, I'm not trying to put a demo of linux. Best regards for everyone, tips about syslinux distribution will be appreciated. If this is off topic I'm apologize circumstances. (English is not my native language).>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mensaje original <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<El 20/10/03, 1:02:17, syslinux-request at zytor.com escribi? sobre el tema SYSLINUX Digest, Vol 7, Issue 12:> Send SYSLINUX mailing list submissions to > syslinux at zytor.com> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > syslinux-request at zytor.com> You can reach the person managing the list at > syslinux-owner at zytor.com> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of SYSLINUX digest..."> Today's Topics:> 1. SysLinux GPL license violation (Ivo Palli)> ----------------------------------------------------------------------> Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 03:15:07 +0200 > From: Ivo Palli <ivo at palli.nl> > Subject: [syslinux] SysLinux GPL license violation > To: syslinux at zytor.com > Cc: ivo at palli.nl > Message-ID: <3F91E59B.1000105 at palli.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed> Hi there,> As I could not find a direct maintainer email address, I'm sending this > to the mailing list.> SysLinux, being a GPL product, is being sold under a very restrictive > license without even offering the sources to the public.> I've written up my findings here: http://www.palli.nl/~ivo/rdp/> Please have a look for yourself.> Regards,> Ivo Palli> ------------------------------> _______________________________________________ > SYSLINUX mailing list > Submissions to SYSLINUX at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic.> End of SYSLINUX Digest, Vol 7, Issue 12 > ***************************************
Thanks Peter H..... and Clifford.... I'm really a newbe because Embedded systems are not in Spanish, I will support it. In the next month (I hope so) I will write a lot of documentation about it, in Spanish. About sources, I'm decide to make a downloadable ISO with my folders with touched SRC, and the whole root holding sources. Because I'm actually using the embedded system with uClib to build Linux stuff, and SuSE Linux to make the ROMs and burning disks (and hear my mp3 for a while too ;-). Thanks a lot.
Clifford Wolf wrote:> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > >>In my opinion as copyright holder of SYSLINUX -- and I believe most GPL >>authors including the FSF would agree with me -- these days "a medium >>customarily used for software interchange" includes HTTP and FTP over >>the Internet. Therefore, what you need to do is to: > > > I did talk with rms about the topic a few years ago. He told me that they > thought about including that in GPL v3 but decided not to do it because of > the bad internet connections in developing countries. >I think singling out a particular medium is probably a bad idea. "Medium customarily used for software interchange" convers regional variations; if you were selling your thing in Laos, for example, Internet would really not suffice. -hpa