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Playing with the N800
Playing with the N800
Posted Mar 22, 2007 5:59 UTC (Thu) by tetromino (subscriber, #33846)In reply to: Playing with the N800 by JohnNilsson
Parent article: Playing with the N800
> Isn't that a GPL violation?
No.
Quoth the GPL:
>In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program
>with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a volume of
>a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under
>the scope of this License.
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Playing with the N800
Posted Mar 22, 2007 6:04 UTC (Thu) by JohnNilsson (subscriber, #41242) [Link]
I don't thing this device is "a volume of a storage or distribution medium". It has a purpose besides distribution.
Compare it to the Kororaa Project [1]
Playing with the N800
Posted Mar 22, 2007 9:07 UTC (Thu) by anselm (subscriber, #2796) [Link]
Great. So put the flash player package on an SD card that comes with thedevice, and have the user install it himself.
Anselm
Playing with the N800
Posted Mar 22, 2007 10:49 UTC (Thu) by gouyou (subscriber, #30290) [Link]
So most of the Linux PC sold with a distribution including non free software wouldn't be compliant ... That's pushing it far.
The Kororaa article talks about kernel drivers, not software depending in no way to GPL software.