--- In "dawydiuk" <> wrote:
> > None of this would be particularly hard to conform to nor would
it
> > disclose any trade secrets. It may however result in a lot less
> > wasted time and frustration for thier customers. This would be
good
> > for everyone. It would reduce thier support overhead, improve
> > customer relations, thier image and promote sales and confidence
in
> > their products.
>
> I agree assuming there is source code being distributed that is
old,
> although I don't believe this is the case. It would be great if you
> put as much time into actually reading threads as you do into
making
> legal threats...
>
> <Rant>
> It's kind of interesting how you can easily spot the negative
> individuals on this list. It's as if they must post something
negative criticizing someone regardless if there is any truth behind
it or not.
> A word of advice, the world is not conspiring against you. People
> aren't out to get you, relax and remember the old saying.
>
> "You'll catch more bees with honey than vinegar"
> </Rant>
>
> > It would appear that there are some significant gaps in what is
> > currently provided. Hopefully this can be improved to fully
conform
> > to GPL requirements.
>
> Are you expierencing any problems building any sources provide by
TS?
> Other than reading another post and misinterpreting it do you have
any
> reason to believe TS is not providing up to date source code?
>
> PS I apologize for any negative comments in this post they are my
own
> personal opinion and not that of Technologic Systems. This posts
seems
> to have struck a nerve of mine...
>
> http://xkcd.com/386/ ;)
>
>
> //Eddie
>
Eddie,
I don't know where you read a "legal threat", I certainly did not
make one. I simply pointed out that it seems you are not fully
complying with GPL and pointed you to a good, clearly and positively
written guide to compliance. It's upto TS to judge whether they may
be exposing themselves by a possible non-compliance in some areas.
This is also something that your customers should be aware of (if
they are not already) so again the link should be helpful.
I also tried to be as positive as possible about the benefits to all
concerned so I find it odd that you find this negative.
This thread covered a number of issues not just the distro one. What
I refered to was an issue I had hit myself so I commented on it:
problems rebuilding the software that comes on the boards. You
supply busybox source but not the config (AFAIK). This means more
work for anyone wishing to rebuild TSlinux and would appear to be a
GPL violation.
The first step in modifing an existing system is to be able to
reproduce exactly the distribution binary. GPL clearly requires that
full information be provided in order to do just that.
Since 90% of TS linux is busybox it can hardly be seen as a detail
that you do not provide the config needed to build what you
distribute. This is a huge and complex config that would be virtually
impossible to back engineer to produce the same build result. As I
read it, GPL requires that to be provided. You should provide full
instructions to produce an identical binary.
Similarly for the kernel: source, compiler, CFLAGS , .config and
apparently in the case of cross-compiler specifying host is also
necesary.
I can understand that it may be annoying for someone to point this
out if it was something TS was hoping to ignore. However my aim was
not to annoy but to promote a positive change that would mean less
hassle for your customers and less time wasted supporting enquiries
that could otherwise be avoided by providing what you are required to
provide when you chose to benefit , F.O.C., from the work of others
in chosing to leverage open source software.
If I have missed something that is available on the server please
correct me.
Like you say, relax.
If full details were supplied you would probably have to waste less
time dealing with what you probably consider annoying , dumb support
requests and get on with the real work. ;)
sounds like win-win to me. Sorry if you found that negative.
best regards.
BTW, love the cartoons. A bit of light relief is always welcome.
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