Re: blatant GPL violation of ext2 and reiserfs filesystem drivers

Peter Williams
2005-12-24T02:41:58Z

Horst von Brand wrote:
> Scott Mansfield <thephantom@mac.com> wrote:
>
>>>>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,
>
>
> Read the GPL: You get the binary, you are entitled to the source. You have
> no binary, wellll...
>
> Sure, you can get the binary (legally!) from somebody else, and then you
> are entitled to source.

But the obligation to provide you with the source is on the person who
gave you the binary not the person who sold him the binary.

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Peter Williams pwil3058@bigpond.net.au

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
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