Re: restricted sourceless ARM uploads

2006-12-20 Thread Bill Gatliff
that point, I've never had any issues with either distcc+crossgcc--- which I've tested extensively--- or QEMU. But forcing the use of real hardware wherever possible means (a) you know for sure, and (b) you have to keep your real hardware maintained. Those seem like good things. b

Re: restricted sourceless ARM uploads

2006-12-20 Thread Bill Gatliff
les, What choice do I have? I'm not a DD, so it isn't like I have any authority to do otherwise. :) and we can at least use it as a private developer-access machine in the meantime. Indeed. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: Request: Source for parts of GNU/Solaris

2005-11-11 Thread Bill Gatliff
Glenn: Glenn Maynard wrote: On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 10:11:24AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: Bill Gatliff writes: Taking something you're not entitled to ~= theft. Nothing is being taken. A copyright may be being infringed, but the owner is not being deprived of any pro

Re: Request: Source for parts of GNU/Solaris

2005-11-11 Thread Bill Gatliff
Anthony: Anthony Towns wrote: On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 11:56:32PM -0600, Bill Gatliff wrote: And, I mean, seriously: using the threat of legal action to make people remove free software from the Internet? Whose side are we on here? No. The threat of legal action to stop the theft of

Re: Request: Source for parts of GNU/Solaris

2005-11-08 Thread Bill Gatliff
ht to any of Erast's software. But I believe strongly in the way Debian does things, and I use a *lot* of Debian software in my work. So I justify my participation in this thread based on my interest in protecting Debian's interests. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: bug closing etiquette

2005-11-08 Thread Bill Gatliff
an automated message saying "you filed a report against x.y; x.y+1 has just been released, could you please try it and see if it addresses your issue?" b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Request: Source for parts of GNU/Solaris

2005-11-08 Thread Bill Gatliff
he CDDL/GPL incompatibility issue. And that's obviously a topic that plenty of people in the Debian crowd have an opinion on. :) I don't see it as hostility, I see it as an attempt to enforce the GPL. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
ll ship GPL applications like emacs. Aaah, yes b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
L and a module covered by the CDDL cannot legally be linked together. We urge you not to use the CDDL for this reason. Also unfortunate in the CDDL is its use of the term "intellectual property" <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml>. <http://bits.netizen.

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
Thomas: Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Bill Gatliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: If application A is deployed as a standalone application built using the major components of the target operating system, a'la a Debian package, I don't have to provide source code for anythin

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
But yes, GPL is more restrictive than CDDL. More accurately, the GPL preserves more end user rights than CDDL. That's hardly restrictive--- especially if you're an end user. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
an userland under even a closed-source kernel (which would be an extreme interpretation of the Solaris license). Thus, I don't see a problem here. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
e "a work that uses the library". b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Bill Gatliff
interfaces are stable. What, with the lead promoter and configuration manager on record as saying stability is not an objective. [And as someone who maintains kernels for a living, I can tell you with no uncertainty that he's meeting that non-objective really, really well.] b.g. -- Bill

Re: i386-uclibc debian

2005-10-26 Thread Bill Gatliff
;m no guru. Hardly even a noob, in fact). Thanks! b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bits (Nybbles?) from the Vancouver release team meeting

2005-03-20 Thread Bill Gatliff
hat myself, but there are people who can. (Adding debian-arm. Note followups to both lists.) [1] Not at the same time, of course. ;-) -- Bill Gatliff Embedded Linux *is* user friendly, it just chooses its friends carefully. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]