From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: David Rees <drees76@gmail.com>
Cc: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Possible gpl problem?
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:11:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1156763478.5340.70.camel@pmac.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <72dbd3150608280022ud3b61b7re3eefd65498b863@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 00:22 -0700, David Rees wrote:
> Just because a company doesn't have source freely downloadable on
> their website does not mean they are violating the GPL even if they
> are selling GPL licensed software. Only people who buy the GPL
> licensed software are entitled to a copy of the source of the binaries
> they receive.
That's true _only_ if the company ships the source _with_ the binaries
when people buy the product.
There are two (commercial) options:
1. If you _always_ distribute source _with_ the binaries, then you only
have to give source to those who receive binaries. And of course you've
already done so.
2. If you ever distribute binaries _without_ source code, then you're
obliged to make the source code available to _any_ third party on
request; _not_ only those to whom you gave the binaries.
--
dwmw2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-28 11:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-28 6:59 Gene Heskett
2006-08-28 7:22 ` David Rees
2006-08-28 10:31 ` Kasper Sandberg
2006-08-28 11:03 ` Sven-Haegar Koch
2006-08-28 11:11 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2006-08-28 15:14 ` Gene Heskett
2006-08-29 13:57 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-02 5:23 ` David Woodhouse
2006-09-02 5:54 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-02 17:55 ` David Woodhouse
2006-09-02 19:41 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-03 9:39 ` David Schwartz
2006-08-28 15:00 ` Gene Heskett
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