Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 28, 2006 09:16 PM
This is not directed to the parent poster or the ideas convey in the post! It's just additional commentary!
It's this kind of thinking that ruins it for everyone. It's not about skirting the rules, but making it an even playing field for everyone. The most basic theory in physics is that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you make your own loophole to suit yourself, the next version of the license will make the requirements even more severe even though most people comply.
How about creating an overlay CD instead where you can say "get Suse 10 and install it then install this over the top of it." It's completely legal to the letter of the GPL and you have very little source code to worry with. Honestly, I'm not sure what the big deal is anyway. Adding source to an online repo is easy! I could host it on my home server with no extra charges at all! Obviously if you have a system to checkin/out and replace existing packages, the same program would work just as well for source.
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Re:Play by the rules, plain and simple
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 28, 2006 09:16 PMIt's this kind of thinking that ruins it for everyone. It's not about skirting the rules, but making it an even playing field for everyone. The most basic theory in physics is that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you make your own loophole to suit yourself, the next version of the license will make the requirements even more severe even though most people comply.
How about creating an overlay CD instead where you can say "get Suse 10 and install it then install this over the top of it." It's completely legal to the letter of the GPL and you have very little source code to worry with. Honestly, I'm not sure what the big deal is anyway. Adding source to an online repo is easy! I could host it on my home server with no extra charges at all! Obviously if you have a system to checkin/out and replace existing packages, the same program would work just as well for source.
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