redHat advanced server 2.0 and speakup

[Darrell Shandrow]

Hi Janina and Bill,

I'm quite surprised that RH actually abides by the GPL in its commercial
products.  But, now that I review the GPL, I guess they don't have a choice
if they want to use just about anything Linux, including the Linux kernel.
Kewl!  There we go, then.  We can make our own access.  Believe it or not, I
actually have no trouble with RH not including Speakup, since there are ways
for us to include it ourselves.  I'd much rather RH do nothing to special to
include access tech in their distributions if it meant they would clean up
their access procedures for certification and training.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: redHat advanced server 2.0 and speakup


> I guess if I wanted to twist the knife I could ask whether or not RH asks
questions about the GPL on their RCE.
>
> William F. Acker writes:
> > From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" <wacker at octothorp.org>
> >
> > Aaron:  have you ever heard of the GPL??  For your hacking pleasure:
> >
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.18-E.25.src
.rpm
> > Now that I kno that people are interested in AS, I'll see if I can hack
> > Speakup into the kernel.  BTW, the source for the rest of the distro is
> > available also.
> >
> >           HTH.
> > --
> >           Bill in Denver
> >
> > On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Aaron Howell wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, its based on RedHat 7.1,
> > > and nothing is standard.
> > > You can't just use a 7.1 kernel, because the RH advanced server kernel
is *very* different.
> > > Coupled with the fact that you can't actually give out the software to
say, Kirk, for patching, your best bet might initially be sighted
assistance, then a hand patched kernel (if you can even get it to patch).
> > > That's going to be a fun one, I'd be interested in your success or
otherwise because I have to face that beast at work here soon too.
> > > Regards
> > > Aaron
> > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 10:23:33PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > > Easiest way is probably to get an already patched kernel. "Advanced
Server" will be based on one of the standard RH packagings, but I don't
recall which one. If it's
> > > > 7.3, you'd grab the latest kernel for 7.3, for example.
> > > >
> > > > Kernels for 7.3 and 8.0 are still available on the Speakup Modified
page via anonymous ftp to www.linux-speakup.org. Once logged in, cd
pub/speakup/disks/redhat and
> > > > take it from there.
> > > >
> > > > Else, you would grab the kernel-source, patch with the latest stable
Speakup 1.5 and compile. The rpm route above is much quicker and certainly
easier if you've not
> > > > compiled a kernel before.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Don Raikes writes:
> > > > > From: "Don Raikes" <don.raikes at oracle.com>
> > > > >
> > > > >    Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > >    I have been working with RedHat 8.0 for a while now, but now my
boss says
> > > > >    I need to run redhat advanced server 2.0 because it is what our
software
> > > > >    is certified on.
> > > > >
> > > > >    Never having to have gone through this nightmare before, how do
I get
> > > > >    redhat as 2.0 installed without speakup, and how do I add
speakup to the
> > > > >    kernel once it is there?
> > > > >
> > > > >    Any pointers would be appreciated.
> > > > >    Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > >    Don Raikes
> > > > >    home office (520) 579=-9481
> > > > >    HQ office (650) 506-9704
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Janina Sajka, Director
> > > > Technology Research and Development
> > > > Governmental Relations Group
> > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > > >
> > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> > > >
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>
> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
>
> Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
>
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