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On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 14:18 -0500, Grant Goodyear wrote: |
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> Chris Gianelloni wrote: [Mon Apr 11 2005, 02:01:57PM CDT] |
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> > I have a question that I haven't been able to get a suitable answer to |
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> > as of yet. Then again, I haven't asked the right people I am sure. |
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> > |
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> > What legal standing does the Foundation have in regard to Gentoo |
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> > developers? If I wanted to, for example, work with a certain software |
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> > company to be able to distribute their products in a slightly modified |
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> > form, something which is explicitly forbidden in their license, but they |
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> > were willing to license the software to the Foundation for this explicit |
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> > purpose, would that apply to all of Gentoo? The Foundation members? |
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> > Nobody? |
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> |
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> I've no idea what you're asking, I'm afraid. Could you provide a more |
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> explicit, even if fictitious, example? |
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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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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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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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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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