Re: blatant GPL violation of ext2 and reiserfs filesystem drivers

Scott Mansfield
2005-12-23T20:16:30Z

>>Developer replies that the source code will be provided
>>only to paying customers:
>
>
> Not really. Developer does make the bizarre statement that "paid
> customers" are entitled to source code, but doesn't say nobody else is.
> And Developer says at the same time he will make source code available to
> the person who requested it. The problem is that he doesn't actually do
> it, and is never heard from again.

Call me crazy but if one requests a copy of the source only to never
hear from the developer, is that not a direct violation of the GPL? To
me this sounds like the developer is walking a pretty fine line.

Cheers,
Scott