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Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 17:18 +0200, Mivz wrote: |
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>> Mike Doty wrote: |
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>>> Mivz wrote: |
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>>>>> Then I have got this one question, I don't need a answer too. |
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>>>>> How free is free software if you need a lawyer and a expensive server |
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>>>>> just to be able to publish your addition under your own name? |
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>>>>> |
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>>> Very free. There are many project sites that will host your content if |
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>>> you have it under a GPL or similar license. Similarly, as long as you |
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>>> provide the source, you satisfy the main point of GPL. Thousands of |
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>>> projects do exactly this without any input from a lawyer. |
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>>> |
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>> But then it's still 'free beer', and not 'freedom'. I still can not |
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>> write a patch and make a cd with the patch applied to give to my mum and |
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>> my friends, without the risk of my intelligence being stolen and abused. |
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>> Or I have to go through the hassle of finding a provider, which of |
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>> course needs attention too. |
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> This is a common misconception. All that you really need to provide is |
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> the patches. If you, for example, made a Gentoo-based distribution, and |
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> made changes to 3 packages, you would only need provide the source for |
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> those three packages. At most, providing a link to the upstream (us) |
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> packages/code/etc for everything else would be required. Also, you are |
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> only required to provide source to the people you provide binaries to, |
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> and you're only required to do so on request. Meaning that if you made |
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> a CD and only gave it to your mom, you don't need a server. You just |
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> need to burn her a CD of source if she asked. It really is that simple. |
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> The only way you need a server is if you're going about distributing it |
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> to the world, and you made a ton of changes. Remember, the GPL just |
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> says that you have to provide the code. Pointing someone to where they |
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> can get it *is* providing it, so long as any patches/changes you've made |
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> are also available under some means. |
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Tank you :) Now it all makes sens. Cause if you publish a live cd to a |
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large audience, you should be able to publish the rest also. Then it's |
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only a couple of GB on disk. If you make just a few for friends, a text |
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file with your email is enough. Now I see how nice the GPL adopts to the |
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size of your plans and audience. |
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And if it grows, it is also reasonable to provide a Gentoo mirror, |
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because it probably would also use the Gentoo network for distribution |
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of the base files. |
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