From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25721 invoked by alias); 2 Dec 2004 08:21:50 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-maintainers-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-maintainers-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 25674 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2004 08:21:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO rubicon.hasler.ascom.ch) (139.79.129.1) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 2 Dec 2004 08:21:42 -0000 Received: from eiger.ma.tech.ascom.ch (eiger.ma.tech.ascom.ch [139.79.100.1]) by rubicon.hasler.ascom.ch (8.12.9-20030924/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iB28LekQ016596; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:21:40 +0100 (MET) Received: from [139.79.100.27] (helo=biferten.ma.tech.ascom.ch) by eiger.ma.tech.ascom.ch with smtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 1CZmDa-0004qd-00; Thu, 02 Dec 2004 09:21:38 +0100 Received: by biferten.ma.tech.ascom.ch (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA11573; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:21:36 +0100 Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 08:21:00 -0000 From: Andrew Lunn To: Jonathan Larmour Cc: Gary Thomas , eCos Maintainers Subject: Re: FSF license? Message-ID: <20041202082134.GP9303@biferten.ma.tech.ascom.ch> References: <1101912905.16904.445.camel@hermes> <41AE07B4.1070504@eCosCentric.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41AE07B4.1070504@eCosCentric.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-SW-Source: 2004-12/txt/msg00003.txt.bz2 On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 06:04:36PM +0000, Jonathan Larmour wrote: > Gary Thomas wrote: > >Any news on this? Any hopes that it will *ever* happen? > > > >We've been in a holding pattern for nearly a year... > > I was thinking about this just last night. I propose that when it hits one > year in, ooo, 6 weeks, we send RH legal a warning that if it isn't resolved > ASAP we will issue a Press Release expressing our > dissatisfaction/disappointment etc. with Red Hat for breaking their promise. > > And if they don't respond, indeed issue a Press Release, and send it to > lwn, slashdot, etc.etc. Perhaps even have it at the front of the ecos web > site. > > It's time to force the issue. If we wait till Jan 13th the PR will be able > to be written for better effect. How about sending the warning two weeks before the year is up letting them know that on the anniversary the press release will be published. I think its important to put a date to the threat so they at least know when they have to do something by. A straight year seems better than 1 year plus a couple of weeks. Andrew