[nas] Re: You are apparently unaware that you (with NAS) are violating the GPL?

[Jon Trulson]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Soren A wrote:

> I must be crazy to write back ...
>
> I have no idea why I am being so generous and nice to you, with
> that attitude; but here's the info that you apparently have
> forgotten about.
>

   Oh man....


> ====== snip ======
> Precompiled Binaries/Packages
>
>    * NAS v1.9 Solaris binary packages provided by James Lee on
> Blastwave
>          o Package information
>
>    * NAS Mandrake support provided by Per Øyvind Karlsen
>          o NAS is shipped with Mandrake now. The libraries are
> installed as part of the base system. To install the nasd daemon,
> run 'urpmi nas' , or find it in the rpmdrake Software Manager. To
> install the header files (for development), install via 'urpmi
> nas-devel'. NAS v1.7 is available on Mandrake Cooker, and from
> their various mirror sites.
>
>    * Redhat 9 and Fedora RPMS and SRPMS provided by Richard June
>
>          o Fedora Core 1
>          o Fedora Core 2
>          o Redhat 9
>
>    * MS Windows precompiled binaries provided by Nicolas Escuder
>
>          o NAS for Windows MS Windows binaries compiled under
> Cygwin by Nicolas Escuder. This archive includes the nasd server,
> as well as libaudio.dll and a few clients.
> ====== snip ======
>
> on http://www.radscan.com/nas.html
>
> I only point this out so that you can prepare a little bit for when
> you hear from RedHat's lawyers. I've alerted someone in a role of
> official capacity with Cygwin at RedHat about this.
>

   I look forward to it.

> Any further correspondence between us (sent to me by you) is
> subject to *public* posting at my discretion. You've been warned.
>

   ditto.  Have a nice day :)

>
> --- Jon Trulson <jon at radscan.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Soren A wrote:
>>
>>> WRT http://www.radscan.com/nas/nas-README.txt
>>>
>>> Violates the GPL license that applies when NAS is built with
>>> (distributed as) a Cygwin-linked binary.
>>>
>>
>>    Wow, nice to meet you too!  You meet so many cool people on
>> the
>>    internet.
>>
>>> Your "un-obnoxiously licensed software" is *GPLed* software if
>> you
>>> distribute it / deliver it via Cygwin.
>>>
>>
>>    No, it is not.  Also, if you had bothered even checking your
>> facts,
>>    perhaps you would have noticed that I do not ship binary
>>    distributions of NAS at all.
>>
>>> Did you even bother to check?
>>>
>>
>>    You obviously did not.
>>
>>> And it is also incorrect, unsupported and nasty to distribute
>> the
>>> Cygwin1.dll as part of your application binary package for that
>>> platform (MS Windows). Cygwin1.dll must be provided on the end
>>> user's system by installing Cygwin (see www.cygwin.com).
>>
>>    I will keep that in mind should I ever decide to ship binary
>>    versions of nas for windows.
>>
>>    Cygwin is an impressive project - I wonder, why the hostility
>> toward
>>    NAS?  What's the real problem here?
>>
>>>
>>>  Regards,
>>>   Soren Andersen
>>>   Just a user/supporter of FLOSS / Free Software.
>>
>>    Unless the software is MIT rather than GPL?
>>
>>    I'll CC the NAS mailing list in case someone on there has an
>>    opinion.   But thanks for the friendly chat.
>>
>> --
>> Jon Trulson
>> mailto:jon at radscan.com
>> #include <std/disclaimer.h>
>> "No Kill I" -Horta
>>
>>
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Jon Trulson
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#include <std/disclaimer.h>
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