virtual box

The version of Virtual Box included in Debian is distributed
under the 
GPLv2. So far it's good. But I see in 
http://www.v
irtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads that

We do request that anyone intending to redistribute the Open
Source 
Edition contact us first.

What do you think of that. It does not seem to be compatible
with the 
GPL and could even be non free.

Olive


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This one time, at band camp, Olive said:
> The version of Virtual Box included in Debian is
distributed under the 
> GPLv2. So far it's good. But I see in 
> http://www.v
irtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads that
> 
> We do request that anyone intending to redistribute the
Open Source 
> Edition contact us first.
> 
> What do you think of that. It does not seem to be
compatible with the 
> GPL and could even be non free.

A request is fine.  A condition is not.
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What Stephen said. It may suggest a degree of ambivalence
towards the
*spirit* of the GPL, but it doesn't affect the legal
position. Ditto
the irritating 'please register this product' box that
appears when
you install or upgrade vbox.

John


On 09/11/2007, Olive <olive001tele2allin.be> wrote:
> The version of Virtual Box included in Debian is
distributed under the
> GPLv2. So far it's good. But I see in
> http://www.v
irtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads that
>
> We do request that anyone intending to redistribute the
Open Source
> Edition contact us first.
>
> What do you think of that. It does not seem to be
compatible with the
> GPL and could even be non free.
>
> Olive
>
>
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On Friday 09 November 2007 05:41:28 am Stephen Gran wrote:
> This one time, at band camp, Olive said:
> > The version of Virtual Box included in Debian is
distributed
> > under the GPLv2. So far it's good. But I see in
> > http://www.v
irtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads that
> >
> > We do request that anyone intending to
redistribute the Open
> > Source Edition contact us first.
> >
> > What do you think of that. It does not seem to be
compatible with
> > the GPL and could even be non free.
>
> A request is fine.  A condition is not.

This can be thought of in the same way you would consider a
project 
that solicits donations, which last I checked doesn't imply
nonfree 
status.

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* John Halton:

> What Stephen said. It may suggest a degree of
ambivalence towards the
> *spirit* of the GPL, but it doesn't affect the legal
position. Ditto
> the irritating 'please register this product' box that
appears when
> you install or upgrade vbox.

Hasn't this been patched in the Debian package?


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The box popped up on my last upgrade (to 1.5.2). Perhaps I
should file
it as a bug.

I know it doesn't make the software non-free; it's just a
bit jarring
in the context of a free system.

On 09/11/2007, Florian Weimer <fwdeneb.enyo.de> wrote:
> * John Halton:
>
> > What Stephen said. It may suggest a degree of
ambivalence towards the
> > *spirit* of the GPL, but it doesn't affect the
legal position. Ditto
> > the irritating 'please register this product' box
that appears when
> > you install or upgrade vbox.
>
> Hasn't this been patched in the Debian package?
>


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* John Halton:

> The box popped up on my last upgrade (to 1.5.2).
Perhaps I should file
> it as a bug.

Yes, please do.  The prompt doesn't even note that
Virtualbox is
licensed under the GPL, so we can actually remove it.


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