| Re: Openvirtuozzo kernel patch license questions [message #37 is a reply to message #36] |
Wed, 07 September 2005 07:41   |
dim
Messages: 344
Registered: August 2005
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Hi,
GPL doesn't require to post 'free software' statement in each file, but
require to provide it with each Program copy. So, I think we'll fix this
issue by means of SWSOFT_COPYING file in our SRPM and tarballs.
Anyway, we'll fix this issue somehow. Thanks for your point.
> Hi,
> on your homepage you state:
> The Open Virtuozzo kernel is based on the Linux kernel,
> distributed under the GPL terms, so it is licensed under GNU GPL
> version 2.
>
> In the kernel patch you distribute (patch-022stab032-core) several
> files (all that you added to the kernel tree) have the following
> header though:
> (C) SWsoft, 2005, http://www.sw-soft.com, All rights reserved.
>
> "All rights reserved" doesn't look very GPL compatible to me, and in
> particular you didn't really state anywhere that the patch itself
> may be freely redistributed (on your homepage you just talk about
> the patched kernel).
>
> Could you please clarify these issues, probably by replacing all
> those "All rights reserved" statements with the proper GPL statement
> ("This file is free software...")?
>
> Cheers,
> Christian Aichinger
>
> PS: Please CC: me as I'm not subscribed to this list.
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Thanks,
Dmitry.
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