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* Ed W <lists@××××××××××.com> [120303 13:29]: |
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> Hi |
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> >> My understanding is that for a GPL licence one should provide a |
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> >> copy of these patches in the "code dump", not just an http link? |
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> >> Is that your understanding? |
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> > I think your understanding is incomplete, and I recommend that you |
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> > read through the license again. |
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> ?? Why all the stupid hints rather than just stating the answer! |
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I'm sure it's just frustration but your emails really make you sound |
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like an a-hole with a sense of entitlement. |
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They're legal licenses. As with anything involved with lawyers and the |
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legal system you really need to decide for yourself what needs to be |
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done (most people to be safe would contact a lawyer.) |
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If you're at a company releasing a product then the company most likely |
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has a legal dept or legal consultant. They certainly would here in the |
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US (I know you said you're not in the US so perhaps that's not the |
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case.) |
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Have you looked at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html? |
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I'm not a lawyer (by a far shot) but what's the problem with creating a |
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script that when run pulls the upstream files from |
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/usr/portage/distfiles, the files and ebuilds from /usr/portage for |
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whatever packages you have installed on whatever you're releasing? |
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If I were releasing commercial software I'd want all that on a local |
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mirror (in source control too) so that I could recreate any released |
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versions. |
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Todd |
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