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Chris Gianelloni wrote: [Mon Apr 11 2005, 03:08:02PM CDT] |
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> Enemy Territory, though free, has a restriction that would keep us from |
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> distributing it in "modified form", which includes the installed form. |
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> The only form that we can provide it in is the installer itself. |
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> |
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> If I wanted to get permission from Id to make, say, the old Gentoo Games |
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> Enemy Territory CD and redistribute it, they would need to grant a |
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> specific license to the Foundation to allow this, correct? |
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> Now, who/what would that license cover? The Foundation? All the |
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> developers? Our mirrors? |
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> |
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> What legal bindings does the Foundation have to say, developer Y? Can |
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> the Foundation engage in legal contracts on the behalf of Gentoo Linux? |
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Good question. I have to admit that I have no idea what the answer |
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might be. I would think that the Foundation could, and probably should, |
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engage in legal contracts on the behalf of Gentoo devs. The tricky part |
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is that I'm not sure what, if any, ability the Foundation has to ensure |
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that Gentoo devs live up to their part of the bargain. |
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-g2boojum- |
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Grant Goodyear |
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Gentoo Developer |
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g2boojum@g.o |
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http://www.gentoo.org/~g2boojum |
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