Re: [Savannah-hackers] Re: Help wanted (sysadmin work)

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hello,

Here are some pointers:

> Ok. I think I am missing something important here.
> How do you distinguish a software that was written by GNU people from  
> the software, that just uses GPL license?
> In both cases it will contain GPL license.
>
> Do you differentiate between the two cases?
>
> I always thought that if somebody wrote a piece of code and used GPL  
> license, this software will be called GNU.

Not at all! :)
Check:
http://savannah.gnu.org/faq/?group_id=5802&question=What_does_it_mean_to_become_a_GNU_package.txt
and:
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#TOCallgpled


> Well, standard parts are very small - just enough to boot the OS.
> FreeBSD uses a huge ports collection, which consists of ported
> applications. Pretty much the same set, which you can encounter in
> GNU/Linux.
>
> It makes it double difficult to calculate GNU involvement in FreeBSD,
> because of the misconceptions mentioned above:
> 1. Can software which uses GPL license be called GNU?
> 2. Do we count only the base of the OS, or the whole distribution,
> most of which consists of ports?

Maybe not perfectly related, but:
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#TOCmany
and:
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#TOCwhyorder


> BTW,
> What is the GNU's involvement in legal issues of the license?
> For instance, some parties create CDs, which they don't make  
> immidiately available from ftps, and force people to buy GNU/Linux  
> this way. Do you think it's legal?

Check "Selling Free Software":
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html

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Sylvain