From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268179AbUJCWjQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:39:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268180AbUJCWjQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:39:16 -0400 Received: from chiark.greenend.org.uk ([193.201.200.170]:56996 "EHLO chiark.greenend.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268179AbUJCWjP (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:39:15 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Possible GPL Violation of Linux in Amstrad's E3 Videophone (me too???) In-Reply-To: <200410031905.25980.gustavo@compunauta.com> References: <200410031905.25980.gustavo@compunauta.com> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 23:39:15 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: From: Matthew Garrett Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Gustavo Guillermo Perez wrote: > żI'm wrong, to hide for a while some sources???????? The GPL requires that source be available to anyone who receives a copy of the binaries. There are three ways to do this, only two of which apply to commercial distribution. You can either: a) Provide the source alongside the binaries, or b) Provide a written offer (a text file on a CD is fine) for the source You never need to provide the source to anyone you don't provide the binaries to - however, anyone who you do give the source to is free to give it to other people, if they want to. So yes, you can "hide" the source, but people you give binaries to must be able to get it. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.linux-rutgers.kernel@srcf.ucam.org