Messages in this thread | | | From | Kyle Moffett <> | Subject | Re: GPL Violation of 'sveasoft' with GPL Linux Kernel/Busybox +code | Date | Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:09:10 -0500 |
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On Nov 10, 2004, at 16:11, Bill Davidsen wrote: > That web page seems pretty clear... some parts of the prerelease are > non-GPL, you can distribute the GPL code as usual. Unless there is > some claim that the non-GPL parts are derived from GPL original > source or contain GPL code, why shouldn't they restrict the > distribution > of their own code?
The make it difficult if not effectively impossible to separate the two, claiming that therefore they are not under the restrictions of the GPL. However, the GPL _clearly_ states that if it is distributed as a single work, then all parts _must_ be distributable under the terms of the GPL. I believe that a single binary firmware image is a single "work" according to the definition provided in the GPL, and therefore by distributing their code as a part of it, they have implicitly applied the GPL to said work (assuming it was not GPLed already for other reasons).
Cheers, Kyle Moffett
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