Re: Forking and relicensing issues (different)

[Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>]

Jonathan P Tomer <jpt@cif.rochester.edu> wrote:
> > I suggest going to ftp.be.com and checking out the /pub/gnu directory.
> > They have done exactly this with their boot loader. It uses some parts of
> > the Linux kernel (those parts are released in source), and some parts are
> > proprietary (thos parts are only in .o object format). So you can
> > conceivably rebuild the boot loader with the source and objects provided.
> 
> If I am not very much mistaken, this is illegal and something should be done
> about it.

This wouldn't be the first time be has done something illegal with gpled code.

-- 
Raul