[ubuntu-my] First Malaysian OS?

Ahmed Noor Kader Mustajir Md Eusoff sir.ade at gmail.com
Thu Mar 10 03:46:12 UTC 2011


+1 mypapit

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Mohammad Hafiz mypapit (9W2WTF) <
mypapit at gmail.com> wrote:

> ok ok cool down,
>
> rather than pissing and shitting about policies, rules and law, GPL, LGPL,
> WTFPL...
>
> I'm gonna ask you guys this --  If you think this company/group/whatever
> (My1OS or FIMOS) is violating the law, your conscience or principles or even
> disturb your mental wellness...
>
> then the most obvious question to ask, is *what* are you going to do about
> it?
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> - is it just by pissing, shitting and talking around the mailing list is
> the answer? do you even have the right to take action against this
> group/company under the Copyright Law?
>
> yeah right...figure that out instead of taking your time pointing to
> various software license clause and trying to look smart.
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> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:27 AM, zarul shahrin <zarulshahrin at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Let me make your life easier since you're attacking me without fully
>> understand my post or just don't bother to scroll up and read;
>>
>> Zarul Shahrin:
>>
>> " IF I can get access to a copy"
>>
>> Najmi:
>>
>> "it's commercial, you've to buy them."
>>
>> Zarul Shahrin:
>>
>>  it's commercial, you've to buy them.
>>>
>>
>>   This is the problem.  No Understanding of GPL whatsoever.
>>
>> From GPL FAQ:
>>
>> Does the GPL allow me to require that anyone who receives the software
>> must pay me a fee and/or notify me?
>> No. In fact, a requirement like that would make the program non-free. If
>> people have to pay when they get a copy of a program, or if they have to
>> notify anyone in particular, then the program is not free. See the
>> definition of free software.
>>
>> The GPL is a free software license, and therefore it permits people to use
>> and even redistribute the software without being required to pay anyone a
>> fee for doing so.
>>
>> ----
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Chow Loong Jin <hyperair at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On Thursday 10,March,2011 11:02 AM, zarul shahrin wrote:
>>> > I didn't say anything about them selling it, but more about
>>> > its availability.  If they can't even follow something as simple as
>>> that, I
>>> > wonder what else have been breached.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Availability? According to the GPL, you only need to make the source code
>>> available after selling your clients the binaries. And you need to allow
>>> your
>>> clients to do whatever they want with the binaries/source code.
>>>
>>> Like I said, what they are doing is very similar to what RedHat is doing.
>>> There
>>> are no legal issues here, only perhaps ethical issues, but even that is
>>> debatable.
>>>
>>> Their web site does not claim that you cannot make copies or redistribute
>>> the
>>> distribution after buying it from them. But neither are they obliged
>>> (legally)
>>> to distribute their distribution for free either.
>>>
>>> Hence, if you do obtain a copy of the distribution from a third party
>>> (say, for
>>> free, without obtaining a license from them), that's not illegal. You
>>> just won't
>>> receive updates, because you're not registered with them so they won't
>>> ship
>>> updates to you. Simple as that.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Loong Jin
>>>
>>>
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