Messages in this thread | | | From | Shawn Starr <> | Subject | Re: GPL Violation of 'sveasoft' with GPL Linux Kernel/Busybox | Date | Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:52:30 -0500 |
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Everyone seems to be talking about the distribution, my concern is if people who pay $20 to get the binaries are *NOT* getting the sources which is a violation of the GPL for the GPL parts of the firmware.
If thats not a violation I don't know what is.
Shawn.
> list: linux-kernel > Subject: Re: GPL Violation of 'sveasoft' with GPL Linux Kernel/Busybox +code > From: Michael Poole <mdpoole () troilus ! org> > Date: 2004-11-10 2:01:44 > Message-ID: <87ekj2fomv.fsf () sanosuke ! troilus ! org> > [Download message RAW] > > Kyle Moffett writes: > > > In this case however, you buy the right to future updates for $20. > > This is > > a contract between you and SveaSoft that essentially says: > > > If you pay SveaSoft $20, you will receive all updates for the next > > > year. > > > If you chose to exercise your GPL right to redistribute, however, you > > > will lose the subscription you paid $20 for." > > > > The penalty for exercising your GPL distribution right is losing your > > $20 subscription. I believe that such a penalty is a restriction on you > > exercising your GPL rights. > > It is no such thing. > > Restriction \Re*stric"tion\, n. [F. restriction, L. restrictio.] > 1. The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; > confinement within limits or bounds. > > You can fully exercise your rights under the GPL; they are not > restricted. However, you cannot expect future support from Sveasoft. > Only your contract entitles you to that support, and if you do > something to terminate your contract, it is outside the GPL's scope. > > This is unpleasant for a lot of people. It is probably suboptimal for > the free software community. Life can be hard like that. Any > competent lawyer could have a copyright infringement claim dismissed > if the claim were based on your theory of the GPL. > > Michael Poole > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > [prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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