GPL violations (Re: Fwd: Αποδελτίωση 12-09-2005 με 18-9-2005)

[Christos Ricudis]

Spiros Bolis wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Christos Ricudis wrote:
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>>>exw dei kata noy tis: Mikrotik (www.mikrotik.com) - poylane ena linux
>>>sto opoio exoyn 24 xroniko periorismo! Apo source de, dinoyn alla ant'
>>>allwn
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>>Ti akribws "alla anti allwn" dinei h mikrotik apo sources?
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>De dinoyn to "full corresponding machice readable source code". Toy
>testin soy lene "na, emeis ayta exoyme kai kopse to laimo soy na na
>syntheseis" pragma poy nomizw pws den epitrepetai apo th GPL. Exoyn
>bebaia "written offer" "valid" gia parapanw apo "3 years" na soy dwsoyn
>kapoio source kwdika. Ayth h periptwsh thelei opwsdhpote diereynhsh
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Epeidh to exw psaksei arketa to mikrotik :

Einai ena base linux distribution me 3-4 proprietary drivers *se 
modules* (no *apparent*
GPL problems here)  kai ena karo proprietary binaries (no *apparent* GPL 
problems here).
Ta proprietary binaries den fainetai na einai derivations apo GPL kwdika 
(MHN me rwthsete
pou to kserw, oxi den exw dei sources). Oi proprietary drivers pou 
xrhsimopoioun den
fainontai epishs na einai GPL-software derivations. Gia na apanth8ei to 
erwthma an einai ONTWS
derivations kapoia apo ta proprietary kommatia tou, xreiazetai arketh 
analysh.

Ta ypoloipa pou einai GPL-covered, dhladh kernel kai kapoia gnu tools, 
ta dinoun se CD an
ta zhthseis, me kapoio mikro kostos, opws leei kai parakatw h idia h 
mikrotik. Sthn praksh bebaia
einai entelws axrhsta.

>Endiaferoysa leptomereia: yparxoyn kapoioi poy dinoyn lefta me to tsoybali
>kai sthrizoyn tetoies etaireies
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To mikrotik einai kaloftiagmeno kai sou epitrepei na ftiakseis eykola 
mia standard platforma
gia wireless routers me typika configurations, ktl. Proswpika de 
m'aresei, alla se poly kosmo
aresei kai to pswnizei - de blepw poy einai to kako edw.

An 8eleis mia ligo pio oriakh periptwsh, des to staros. Sou dinoun ta 
klassika sources tou
GPL-covered kwdika (oxi ta proprietary userland binaries tous), wstoso h 
"prwtotypia" einai
enas boot loader pou fortwnei enan *encrypted* linux kernel o opoios 
kanei mount ena
*encrypted* filesystem image (gia na mhn s'afhsei na psaxoulepseis ta 
internals tou).

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