RE: [debian-knoppix] Software recommendations for LinuxTag DVD edition?
Hmmm...
If you really want to feed Windows useres why not putting a Cygwin
(<http://cygwin.com>) folder in the root of the DVD? It would be legal to
redistribute (if you keep the sources around, of course). Ok, it eats around
300 MBs without sources (additional ~70 Megs for KDE if space is left) but
it definitely would be a great add-on to provide a POSIX layer for Windows
users. And Knoppix users would feel at home even under Windows.
Just my $0.02.
Andreas
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: debian-knoppix-admin@linuxtag.org
> [mailto:debian-knoppix-admin@linuxtag.org]En nombre de Klaus Knopper
> Enviado el: Jueves, 12 de Junio de 2003 10:23 a.m.
> Para: Ramanan Selvaratnam
> CC: Alan Peery; Tom Goulet (UID0); debian-knoppix@linuxtag.org; Oliver
> Zendel; Michael Kleinhenz
> Asunto: Re: [debian-knoppix] Software recommendations for LinuxTag DVD
> edition?
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 02:14:40PM +0100, Ramanan Selvaratnam wrote:
> > >What about a "Windows" directory on the DVD that contains Free Software
> > >for Windows users as well?
> > >
> > So I take it Windows executables can be delivered via a DVD / CD. No
> > filesystem problems.
>
> Well, I'm not sure, but somehow assumed that Windows is able to read
> standard ISO/Rockridge DVDs as well as CDs. No?
>
> > >It could contain your aforementioned tools,
> > >plus maybe Apache, OpenOffice or other OpenSource software that is
> > >also available for Windows.
> > >
> > >
> > why not the whole of <http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/> :-)
>
> If it fits, no problem with me.
>
> > >We have to archive the sources for these software packages for 3 years,
> > >following the GPL, though, so source availability is a MUST.
> > >
> > >
> > If GNU Win is mentioned as the source then this requirement/pain is
> > fullfilled . Or is it not?
>
> Unfortunately the GPL discriminates in this point. For "commercial"
> distribution (i.e. if you sell the DVD in a Kit for funding the project
> boots at LinuxTag), pointing to a web location is NOT sufficient, as
> opposed to "non/commercial" distribution. So, we have to add a written
> statement that says people can get the sources directly from us, or
> include the full source. Unfortunately, the latter would require 3
> additional DVDs for shortly obsolete sources, that nobody would want to
> buy with the Kit. But it's necessary to be in compliance with the GPL.
>
> Read Par. 3 of the GPL.
>
> Regards
> -Klaus Knopper
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