GEMDOS-Lizenz

Alle Quellen, die ich hier zur Verfügung stellen kann, gehören nun Lineo und wurden unter der GPL (General Public License) der FSF (Free Software Foundation), Version 2 veröffentlicht. Zuerst war das Copyright nicht wirklich klar, weil GEM unter der GPL-Lizenz freigegeben wurde, aber niemand wußte, ob das Gleiche auch für GEMDOS gilt. Hier ist die ehemalige Anfrage von Dylan Harris an Lineo:

                       From: "Dylan Harris" <dylan@xenakis.demon.co.uk>
                       To:   <info@lineo.com>
04/19/01 01:18 AM      cc:<Martin_Doering@mn.man.de>

Subject: GEMDOS and the GPL

    Hi, I've been informed that lineo now own GEMDOS,
original part of Digital Research's GEM package, which I had understood
to be the property of Caldera Inc..
    I ask this because Caldera, SFAIK, made GEM
and GEMDOS open source, so I raided all my old GEM archives and put all
my GEM bits and pieces up on my web site  
http://www.cyberspace.co.uk/GEM/,
including my copy of the GEMDOS and GEM 68000 porting kit. There is also
some of my own code from that period. This was a few years ago now.
    Does lineo own GEMDOS? Is it released under
the GPL? If so, do you have any object with the content of my site? How
should I update the (c) notices. I don't want to tread on anyone's toes!

Dylan Harris
Cyberspace Services Ltd. Dylan

Und dies ist, was Tim Bird, Chief Technology Officer von Lineo, geantwortet hat:

    You are informed correctly.  Lineo released
GEM under GPL a few years ago.  You have our permission to continue
collecting, using and distributing these old technologies. Caldera, Inc.
is the company that actually made the software available under the GPL. 
This company split into two and Caldera itself disappeared last year. 
Lineo (formerly under a different name) has continued selling DRDOS, and
now primarily sells Embedded Linux software.

    Caldera Systems is not related to this software,
and sells desktop and server Linux software. The GEM software may now be
used for any purpose (commercial or non-commercial) under the terms of
the GPL (the primary requirement of which is that the source code must
be made available for all derivative works.)

    What is listed on your front page (GEM, GEMDOS,
GEM Programmer's Workbench, and GEM XM) all fall in this category. The
DRDOS software is still property of Lineo, and may be used for certain
non-commercial uses, as outlined in our former (7.02) license. Hopefully
this helps. If needed, this e-mail can serve as our release to you for
the purposes of using this software. Thanks,

Tim
Bird                                 
Lineo, Inc.

Chief Technology Officer                 
390 South 400 West

tbird@lineo.com                          
Lindon, UT 84042