On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 09:47:39PM +0100, phil hunt wrote:
Unfortunately their licensing terms (visible on the web at http://www.linuxplay.com/eula.html) appear to be in violation of the GPL. The EULA states: NON COMMERCIAL USE ONLY. You may install and use the Software only with a PlayStation??Computer Entertainment System. You may not copy, modify or transfer the Software"
If that licence is for the entire system, then I suppose they're not in violation of the GPL. The version of the Linux kernel for the Playstation 2 doesn't access the hardware directly, but communicates with an intermediate, proprietary, system.
The drivers emmulating normal hardware that talks with that system are released under the GPL, I think...
(If anyone else wishes to contact them about this, please be polite. Also, it is not a good idea to contact websites such as Slashdot about this, until they have a chance to rectify things).
Wasn't there a discussion about this already?