[OLPC-devel] GPL compliance for buildrom

[Jim Gettys]

On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 14:36 -0700, Mitch Bradley wrote:
> Excellent.  The only remaining task before "going live" with the upgrade 
> procedure is a round of testing.
> 
> Who will bell the cat?  Jim, how many bells?  ( 57738.57734 40 )
> 

I'd like to get at least 3 people able to follow a set of directions
before inflicting it on the world.

>From Ivan's mail, it sounds like David has a few last minute nits to
deal with as well.

I'm very relieved that you were able to find the cause of David's
frustration; I get very nervous when problems like that are not
understood, and that it is understood now is wonderful.  Well done!
                                      Regards,
                                             - Jim

> Mitch
> 
> 
> Jordan Crouse wrote:
> > Since we will very shortly be making binary ROM images available for use, the
> > GPL and common sense mandates that we make the source code for the component
> > parts available as well.
> >
> > Thusly, we would like to let everyone know about http://dev.laptop.org/www/gpl.
> > This is the complete list of source code that we use, plus a handy BOM that
> > lists all the packages in the image along with its component parts.
> >
> > When we release the image, the GIT tree, the image and the BOM will all be
> > tagged with the same version, so its clear what came from where by who.
> >
> > Along with this, a new target was pushed to the buildrom source: 'make bom'
> > will create a fresh BOM based on the current set of tools.  Also, LinuxBIOS
> > now creates a tarball of the SVN tree by default, for further traceability.
> >
> > Enjoy,
> > Jordan
> >
> >
> >   
> 
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Jim Gettys
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