On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:49:07PM -0400, Jon Stanley wrote: >>On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Tom spot Callaway <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Looks like they're distributing some source code. Are there specific >>> areas of concern? >> >>According to the website, the software requires activation and payment >>to use it beyond 30 days. My main concern was that this *may* run >>afoul of section 6 of GPLv3 if there's any GPLv3 licensed software in >>there, but IANAL and that language is sort of murky to me. > > And why is that Fedora's concern? That would be linux-xp's violation, > no? > > josh Basically, a random web user reported that Linux XP was a derivative of Fedora, was not providing code, thereby violating the GPL. What you are seeing, is part of a seemingly ongoing, casual attempt to investigate the report for any validity before it is/was passed on to legal. I personally don't think this is a big issue, but just assisted a bit in the collection of data so that someone who cares and is responsible can decided wether this warrants a proper investigation. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com ) -- Fedora-websites-list mailing list Fedora-websites-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-websites-list
