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nappaji
Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 11
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Posted: Wed 23 Aug 2006, 16:12 Post subject:
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Is the source code avaialble for download? Is it open source?
If yes, where can i download it from?
Thanks
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darkerror05

Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 277 Location: Rochester NY, USA
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Posted: Wed 23 Aug 2006, 16:23 Post subject:
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If you are talking about puppy yes it is open source. If you want the source you will have to go to every site that hosts the sorce for every app. And then get the kernel sorces.
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HairyWill

Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2946 Location: Southampton, UK
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Posted: Wed 23 Aug 2006, 18:36 Post subject:
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Does that comply with the GPL. My understanding is that GPL source must be distributed along with binaries, ie made available from approximately the same website.
BTW I am fairly new to linux and think Puppy is fantastic, but I was wondering about this.
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GuestToo
Puppy Master
Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078
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Posted: Wed 23 Aug 2006, 18:57 Post subject:
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not all open source is GPL ... Puppy is made from sources that have various licenses, including GPL, LGPL, BSD, MIT, public domain, etc etc ... and some binaries are not open source at all ... like Flash, Opera, Java, unrar, Unstoppable Copier, etc etc
see: http://www.puppyos.com/download/downpage.htm
Quote: | NOTICE:
The Sourcerer CD has most of the source packages used for Puppy, to comply with requirements of the FSF*. |
Quote: | Unleashed CD has some source, Sourcerer CD has most of the rest. |
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BarryK
Puppy Master

Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 8526 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Posted: Wed 23 Aug 2006, 21:22 Post subject:
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We meet the minimum legal requirement (as explained to me by a solicitor at
the Free Software Foundation) by providing source on CD at a basic cost.
Note however, Puppy 2.10 uses source from the T2 repository as much as possible. Most of 2.10 packages are from there, even if later versions are
available.
T2 has at least two download sites. Here's one:
http://nexus.tfh-berlin.de/~t2/source/6.0/
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nappaji
Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 11
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Posted: Fri 25 Aug 2006, 16:50 Post subject:
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The link http://nexus.tfh-berlin.de/~t2/source/6.0/ does not work.
Is there any other link from where I can download the source?
How can i request a CD version of the source?
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headfound

Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 369 Location: England
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Posted: Fri 25 Aug 2006, 16:58 Post subject:
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Why are you so anxious to get your hands on the source code?
Why not join the project and help to make it better?
Forgive me if i'm wrong but your questions sound a bit dodgy!
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marksouth2000
Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 620
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Posted: Fri 25 Aug 2006, 18:17 Post subject:
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headfound wrote: | Why are you so anxious to get your hands on the source code? |
To hack on it, Dear Lisa, Dear Lisa, to hack on it. And why not? But the questions shows that nappaji doesn't realise that much of the Puppy-specific code is the startup scripts that are available as source on the running system.
Quote: | Why not join the project and help to make it better? |
The best advice I've seen on the forum all day.
Quote: | Forgive me if i'm wrong but your questions sound a bit dodgy!  |
Well, they certainly are impatient, although asking for source to GPL code hardly counts as dodgy. However, your question scared nappaji off this thread and made him/her/it start a new one, possibly in the belief that we don't read all the threads on the forum. So if someone would point nappaji to a source repository like that at Linux From Scratch it may ease the panic that comes through in the posts.
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vern72023
Joined: 26 Dec 2005 Posts: 158 Location: Jacksonville Fl
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Posted: Fri 25 Aug 2006, 18:48 Post subject:
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http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1
try the home page it has a link to "Get CDs" plus links to some excellent pages by Barry on how puppy works, how it is built , even probably tips on how to compile it from scratch.
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BarryK
Puppy Master

Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 8526 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Posted: Fri 25 Aug 2006, 20:24 Post subject:
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Go to Puppy home page:
www.puppyos.com/
Click on link to download, then to ibiblio
-- it has all the Unleashed packages, including the "core" tarball that has the
skeleton filesystem and all the scripts. This is what makes Puppy what Puppy is.
For 2.10 sources, try this other repository:
http://83.133.81.222/mirror/t2-source/6.0/
...but there is nothing there that is Puppy-specific, so nothing for you to
"hack on".
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crankypuss
Joined: 10 Feb 2012 Posts: 5
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Posted: Sun 04 Mar 2012, 07:07 Post subject:
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BarryK wrote: | We meet the minimum legal requirement (as explained to me by a solicitor at
the Free Software Foundation) by providing source on CD at a basic cost. |
The GPL is clearly a joke. Puppy does not make the source code available except for a fee (basic cost). TinyCore makes only their modifications available.
The people at FSF have created an abomination. It is basically impossible to satisfy the terms of the GPL, and the hundreds of "remixes" and other "distros" out there are waiting to be slammed.
No, I am not down on Puppy. It isn't the fault of anyone associated with Puppy that the FSF has created a Frankenstein. But the situation sucks, imo.
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darkcity

Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2545 Location: near here
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Posted: Sun 04 Mar 2012, 07:34 Post subject:
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what would be an ideal situation in your opinion?
gpl is to stop individuals/companies copyrighting stuff that the authors have given to the commons.
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pemasu

Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5484 Location: Finland
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Posted: Sun 04 Mar 2012, 10:39 Post subject:
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Quote: | The GPL is clearly a joke. Puppy does not make the source code available except for a fee (basic cost) |
Hmmm...Commenting 6 years old post.
Okay...I will reply to this thread after six years.
Will be back in 2018...until then...
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Eyes-Only

Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1046 Location: La Confederation Abenaquaise
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Posted: Sun 04 Mar 2012, 12:45 Post subject:
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Excellent comment pemasu! Myself included! Oh wait... I don't feed trolls. Only unicorns.
Ciao/Amicalement,
Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge d'Acadie"
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Proud user of LXpup and 3-Headed Dog.
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postfs1
Joined: 27 Mar 2010 Posts: 820
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Posted: Sun 04 Mar 2012, 13:40 Post subject:
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crankypuss wrote: | ...
The GPL is clearly a joke.
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The one who supports GPL is not joking, i think.
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