Where can I download kernel 3.6.9

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On 2013-01-11 07:36, jalomann wrote:
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> I use openSUSE distro. As you see they want to be more SUSE than open.
>
> Back to basics. I like to educate people. Have someone heard about
> GNUv2 license. If not google it. It says that if you make use of the
> kernel code, you must make you modification available for everybody.

If a repository does not publish the source, you can ask its maintainer
why or where it is, politely. Acussing people with no compliance will
not get you anywhere.

> That is where I got my vmlinuz-3.6.9-1-desktop kernel with Yast2
> update.
>

That kernel is no longer in any repo, according to


> http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=vmlinuz-3.6.9-1-desktop&baseproject=openSUSE%3A12.2&search_devel=false&search_unsupported=false

If it were available, the link to the source would be there as well.

‘Index of /repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard’
(http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard/)

I see:


http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard/src/

And the kernel source is there, as kernel-source-3.7.1-2.1.src.rpm,
which is the current version they publish now.

> openSUSE has now understood that “open” means that they can do what
> ever they want.

You are talking nonsense.

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Cheers/Saludos
Carlos E. R. (12.1 test at Minas-Anor)

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On 01/11/2013 07:36 AM, jalomann wrote:
> I like to educate people.

then find some people who know less about it than you seem to know.

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dd

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Plus providing accurate citations for one’s sources. It’s a normal requirement in the field of education, I believe.

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  1. It does not say it. You should obtain your information not from Google, but from license text.
  2. Modifications are
    available. If you do not understand it, start with educating yourself. If you are incapable of using them, start to learn before trying to educate others. 1. GPLv2 is totally unrelated to your original question or to the text that follows quoted sentence.
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This is quite unbelieveable. We are on openSUSE (Linux) forum and you tell that you don’t under which license Linux kernel is released.

I told to use google search engine to find the license. Here:

GNU General Public License v2.0 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.

And like I mentioned I needed especially vmlinuz-3.6.9-1-desktop not kernel-source-3.7.1-2.1.src.rpm.

I have installed my first Suse 5.2 on 1996 (yes, at that time it was Suse) and I can tell you my sympathy is with these guys, but the service level has not improved a lot along the years.

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So you know where you are, i.e. in a technical help forum concerned with the openSUSE distribution, and with a valid question as per thread title. There is no forum here specifically for licensing issues. It’s chit-chat or soapbox if you really must. However, licensing issues affecting openSUSE are for the Project’s staff. Suggest you take it up with them by email, mailing list, whatever.

This is not the place for barrack-room lawyers. :slight_smile:

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Hi
The OBS development repositories where you obtained the kernel from are always in flux. Note when using the web search feature for a package, there is an ‘Official Release’ and all the rest are users and development.

Create an OBS account and you should be able to use osc to pull back a release from the development project. Else suggest you take your query up on the Build Service Mailing List.

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On 2013-01-11 16:56, jalomann wrote:
> but the service
> level has not improved a lot along the years.

What service? Nobody here gives you service, we are not employees.

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Cheers/Saludos
Carlos E. R. (12.1 test at Minas-Anor)

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On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:36:01 +0000, jalomann wrote:

> Have someone heard about GNUv2
> license. If not google it. It says that if you make use of the kernel
> code, you must make you modification available for everybody.

You mean the GPLv2? Yes, it’s safe to say we’re familiar with it, and
more to the point, the sources used for building the kernel are in fact
available.

That does not mean the same as what you asserted earlier.

To get the code, install the kernel-sources package. If you want the
sources used to build a specific kernel, you can try looking at
the .src.rpm file used to build the kernel.

Jim

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