Q. Need help with chapter 3.1 on Downloading all the patches packages.
How do I download all on the list at once?
wget-list ????
How do I download all on the list at once?
wget-list ????
A. What they meant was to select all those links on http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.5/wget-list and save them in a text file, eg wgetList.txt. Next, you wget all of them at once via wget:
wget `cat wgetList.txt`
Good luck with LFS.
wget `cat wgetList.txt`
Good luck with LFS.
What are the Linux From Scratch hardware requirements?
Q.
A. Although I have never tried it but I think there are no hard and fast requirements, you just need a running Linux OS with compilers to create LFS.
The output of LFS will have variable requirements based on what system you have created.
The output of LFS will have variable requirements based on what system you have created.
Is a linux from scratch build open source? Can my company really stop people having the source for free?
Q. The company I work for has built a distribution using the "linux from scratch" route and built it from source. They intend to sell it on for loads of money but refuse to let even us "in-house" linux users from getting the source or modifying it to help us deploy it easier. Is this legal? and if so does that not go against the whole "open source" ethos?
The single application they run on the new OS is a in-house development ported from DOS, but how do they stand on licensing that too?
Just a bit confused,
G.
The single application they run on the new OS is a in-house development ported from DOS, but how do they stand on licensing that too?
Just a bit confused,
G.
A. From what I understand, 100% open source is just that - you have the right to compile it and then sell it for money. Unethical yes, but the FSF basically wants GNU/Linux to be free to do as you please. It's what Xandros, Linspire, Vida Linux and a couple of other companies are doing. I don't know if you can make it closed source, though...
I guess, at the same token, the customers are free to do their research, find the software and compile it themselves.
I can't see any issues from porting a program from one OS to another, created in house. The power is held by the creator in this instance, I don't think anyone can dictate how it can be licensed.
I guess, at the same token, the customers are free to do their research, find the software and compile it themselves.
I can't see any issues from porting a program from one OS to another, created in house. The power is held by the creator in this instance, I don't think anyone can dictate how it can be licensed.
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