MPAA is Take down recip. Warning: Irony Overload potential and potential angst trigger for some-
Karma in Action? Seems right on track. http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/03/mpaas-university-wir.html
i am wondering what aspects of the toolkit in question were derivatives of Xubuntu as such. Maybe they used GNU readline in their CLI. On Dec 4, 2007 12:11 PM, Oren Beck <orenbeck@gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/03/mpaas-university-wir.html
-- "Common sense has prevailed"
On Dec 4, 2007 1:25 PM, David Nicol <davidnicol@gmail.com> wrote:
i am wondering what aspects of the toolkit in question were derivatives of Xubuntu as such. Maybe they used GNU readline in their CLI.
From what I read about it, it was an entire Xubuntu -based CD ISO with specific changes to ntop and other packages. There is evidence that they did change the code for some other stuff, and refused repeated requests via phone and email to make that code available and also may not have included a copy of the GPL but merely posted info that some of the software was licensed under it. The result: a DMCA take down notice to their ISP. Man, when someone tries to get through and get the issue resloved and the people who work for the org can't even figure out who to send you to talk to, that's a train wreck.
Jon.
On Tuesday 04 December 2007, Jon Pruente wrote:
On Dec 4, 2007 1:25 PM, David Nicol <davidnicol@gmail.com> wrote:
i am wondering what aspects of the toolkit in question were derivatives of Xubuntu as such. Maybe they used GNU readline in their CLI.
From what I read about it, it was an entire Xubuntu -based CD ISO with specific changes to ntop and other packages. There is evidence that they did change the code for some other stuff, and refused repeated requests via phone and email to make that code available and also may not have included a copy of the GPL but merely posted info that some of the software was licensed under it. The result: a DMCA take down notice to their ISP. Man, when someone tries to get through and get the issue resloved and the people who work for the org can't even figure out who to send you to talk to, that's a train wreck.
Yeah, it's a full LiveCD. Technically, even if they DON'T modify any GPL software and just use premade binaries, they still are required to distribute/offer the code for it.
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