Re: Monta Vista software license terms

jeff millar (wa1hco@adelphia.net)
Wed, 5 Feb 2003 20:11:55 -0500


So...could some kind soul with the source simply post it somewhere?
MontaVista doesn't have to provide it on their site. But they can't prevent
anyone with a copy from posting it. I've got some hardware from an old
project running hardhat linux and would like to upgrade.

They used to post it and it helped. I had a "frank exchange of views" with
the MontaVista marketing folks about their change in policy a while back.

Some questions about posting the source, though...
1. Can MontaVista add separate terms to their purchase agreement that
forbid/discourage/impede publishing the source?
2. What if MV mixes GPL and proprietary code in the directories to make
it difficult to post the GPL portion?

jeff

> > dj> I'm told that the preview kits do include kernel source,
> > dj> although I haven't checked for myself in a couple of months.
> >
> So that you got the binaries now could you check where their written offer
> is and post it to lkml? Afterwards anyone on this list could ask them
> for their source (and at least I want to).
>
> Btw, what do people think of a regular list where anyone who got such
> an offer can post it so anyone else can get source aswell?

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