From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261901AbUKJCwp (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:52:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262003AbUKJCwp (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:52:45 -0500 Received: from smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.36.83]:58192 "HELO smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261901AbUKJCwh (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:52:37 -0500 From: Shawn Starr Organization: sh0n.net To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL Violation of 'sveasoft' with GPL Linux Kernel/Busybox Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:52:30 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411092152.30944.shawn.starr@rogers.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 > 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]