From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261191AbUKIALt (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 19:11:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261317AbUKIALs (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 19:11:48 -0500 Received: from rt.gnu.org ([199.232.76.167]:23683 "EHLO rt.gnu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261191AbUKIALl (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 19:11:41 -0500 Subject: Re: [gnu.org #214016] GPL Violation of 'sveasoft' with GPL Linux Kernel/Busybox + code From: "novalis@fsf.org via RT" Reply-To: license-violation@fsf.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-RT-Loop-Prevention: gnu.org RT-Ticket: gnu.org #214016 Managed-by: RT 3.0.8 (http://www.bestpractical.com/rt/) RT-Originator: novalis@fsf.org To: shawn.starr@rogers.com Cc: license-violation@gnu.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-RT-Original-Encoding: utf-8 Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:11:44 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 12:27 -0500, Shawn Starr via RT wrote: > > I dont know if this has been brought up but, a company called sveasoft is > blatently violating the GPL by not releasing any code Under the GPL, nobody has to give any particular person copies of the binaries. They are free to sell binaries for whatever price they like. But if you distribute binaries, you must either include or offer source code. Do they do this? What software do they include that FSF holds copyright on? Where can I check this? Do they include a copy of the GPL with the software? -- -Dave Turner GPL Compliance Engineer Support my work: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=novalis&p=FSF