FSF Statement on Violation of GPL by RTLinux

bkuhn writes "The FSF has issued an official statement on the GPL violation by RTLinux." nothign surprising here, basically they say that RTLinux is violating the GPL by not releasing the source to their Linux kernel mods, but since the FSF isn't the copyright holder, they can't do much about it. Now it's up to RTLinux to decide if they are gonna do the right thing or not.Update: 09/16 00:48 AM GMT by H : Please check out these comments for more information - it's not a source code violation, but a patent issue.

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Patent problem, not source code.

[Dashslot]

nothign surprising here, basically they say that RTLinux is violating the GPL by not releasing the source to their Linux kernel mods

I know the moderators are fond of crack but I didn't realise that Taco was as well.

This has absolutely nothing to do with withheld source code, and everything to do with the use of a Patent "to impose restricted terms on distribution of a GPL-covered program".

Re:The Open RTLinux Patent License

[keesh]

I'm not fluent at legalese, but as far as I can see it means ALL YOUR CODE ARE BELONG TO US.

GNU/Linux or maybe just GNU/l?

[cworley]

>Calling the GNU/Linux system just "Linux" leads to confusion. Making consistent distinctions between GNU/Linux, the operating system, and Linux, the kernel, clears up the confusion.

I think Stallman is jealous that he's not the Open Source poster boy. I wonder if he understands why?

Re:I think Richard M. Stallman holds the copyright

[10Ghz]

"Linux distributed with GNU packages are(acording to RMS)GNU/Linux"

Yeah, and I'm Mary Poppins.

I will call Linux OS Linux. Why? Because I'm sick and tired of having to constantly listen RMS and FSF yell "Linux is not OS, it's a Kernel! The Glory belongs to GNU and FSF!". I will call Linux Linux because it annoyes RMS. And thats as good reason as any if you ask me.