From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E59F1381F3 for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2013 13:58:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A46DFE0A86; Thu, 3 Oct 2013 13:58:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2.viabit.com (mail2.viabit.com [65.246.80.16]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C19A5E0A6D for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2013 13:58:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.17.29.6] (vpn1.metro-data.com [65.213.236.242]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail2.viabit.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3crG5873wzz1hgK for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2013 09:58:04 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=orlitzky.com; s=mail2; t=1380808685; bh=lNDMruH9lRnkRMXT5G01hajR1KK6/SkeOF4d60Tn4K8=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=LLxGZ6dfg8CCCi89RxZ+vKhfRzntHau+mQKJLadKgYv4VUirt52vvqHrTyipwJ6DH OnwbjsNUehJNcZ2QmO6HqwK10PejUNEns3Aed3FgGYOU/SV5T6KtjQ8l7RfnHpybYi kOVxTseW/6zRIQ56MFvlFT6gEaDb7cUym8jqs128= Message-ID: <524D77EC.70400@orlitzky.com> Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:58:04 -0400 From: Michael Orlitzky User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130929 Thunderbird/17.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: s6 et al References: <20131002050424.GC10604@server> <20131002144435.GA29364@linux1> <524D69C2.20408@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <524D69C2.20408@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c8dfe749-948b-464a-93c3-97033bc16825 X-Archives-Hash: 9b6c586867a1ca5d74e1738b533bed6f On 10/03/2013 08:57 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> I'm not too sure about the kernel sources: >> "is provided by Gandi and cannot be modified" > > That's a GPL violation right there. > > The developer absolutely totally cannot do that. He/she may refuse to > provide support if the kernel image is not what is shipped, but by using > Linux they have already bound themselves to an agreement that the > sources must be provided and be modifiable. And, they have to host the > sources on their own network or provide them on demand > Don't worry, it's a misquote. The real one is, The kernel is provided by Gandi and cannot be modified So you can't modify the running kernel on their VPS. Which is to say, you probably /can/ but the thing will never boot again.