Re: [cobalt-users] Fwd: Re: OSRCD License Agreement

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 12 November 2002 18:25, jale@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > An lawyer update:
> > > >Your message suggests another question:  are Gerald's modifications to
> > > > the open-source OS?  Or are they modifications to Cobalt's own
> > > > proprietary code? If the former, then he's okay, but if the latter,
> > > > he's not.  You probably knew that.
> > >
> > > Well I didn't know that, and I don't know the answer. Gerald .... ??
> >
> >We modified the partition table values, to give larger '/' and '/var'
> >partitions. It's not quite the same as changing the code itself.
> >Othere than that we just added pkg files to one of their directories
>
> Humm, is that modifying Cobalt specific licensed stuff, or the open-source
> OS?? I don't know enough about this to know.
>
> But if you get me more details, I'll pass them on to our free legal counsel
> :)

We should take this off list, if you care to discuss it any longer. 
My lawyer says that the license allows a person to make a CD for their own 
use. Therefore there there is nothing wrong with a client hiring me to make a 
CD for them.

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Gerald Waugh 
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