From: Robert Love <rml@mvista.com>
To: Nilmoni Deb <ndeb@ece.cmu.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Monta Vista software license terms
Date: 05 Feb 2003 12:10:50 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1044465050.810.31.camel@phantasy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96L.1030205115551.1886A-100000@ndeb.net>
On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 06:58, Nilmoni Deb wrote:
> Its the last sentence that is of concern. Does this mean no 3rd
> party (who is not a customer) can get the GPL source code part of their
> products ? Seems like a GPL violation of clause 3b in
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html .
The GPL only requires that source accompanies any distributed binaries.
In other words, with distribution comes the requirement of source.
MontaVista provides all the source to all GPL components as part of
their products.
The GPL places no requirement on giving source away to the world at
large, which would be silly. If you do not distribute anything, you do
not have to make available the source. If you do, you need to give the
recipients the source as well.
That line is in the FAQ because many customers are concerned of their
obligations with GPL software.
Robert Love
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-05 17:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-05 11:58 Monta Vista software license terms Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-05 17:04 ` Disconnect
2003-02-05 17:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 17:10 ` Robert Love [this message]
2003-02-05 17:18 ` Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-05 17:23 ` Robert Love
2003-02-05 17:36 ` andrea.glorioso
2003-02-05 17:57 ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-05 18:13 ` andrea.glorioso
2003-02-05 18:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 18:24 ` Steven Dake
2003-02-05 18:28 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 19:41 ` Alan Cox
2003-02-05 18:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 18:52 ` Steven Dake
2003-02-05 18:31 ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-05 18:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 18:41 ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-05 18:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 19:00 ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-05 18:51 ` Ben Greear
2003-02-05 18:54 ` Dana Lacoste
2003-02-05 18:56 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 19:25 ` Hugo Mills
2003-02-06 8:08 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-02-05 18:44 ` Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-05 17:16 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-02-05 17:38 ` andrea.glorioso
2003-02-05 17:54 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 18:04 ` andrea.glorioso
2003-02-06 1:11 ` jeff millar
2003-02-06 2:19 ` James Buchanan
2003-02-06 9:12 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-02-06 14:37 ` Alan Cox
2003-02-06 18:41 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-02-06 19:14 ` Charles Cazabon
2003-02-06 20:36 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-02-10 7:18 ` Oliver Xymoron
2003-02-10 7:24 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-10 13:24 ` Alan Cox
2003-02-10 17:42 ` Oliver Xymoron
2003-02-10 21:33 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-11 7:42 ` Horst von Brand
2003-02-11 19:39 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-11 20:42 ` Horst von Brand
2003-02-11 22:11 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-12 8:00 ` Horst von Brand
2003-02-12 13:26 ` Mark Hounschell
2003-02-12 15:32 ` Chris Friesen
2003-02-12 20:18 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-13 2:21 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-02-13 2:41 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-13 3:01 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-02-12 3:25 ` Derek Fawcus
2003-02-12 4:13 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-05 18:47 ` Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-05 17:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 18:17 ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-05 18:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-05 18:33 ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-05 18:40 ` Russell King
2003-02-06 11:31 ` Alex Bennee
2003-02-05 17:28 ` Chris Friesen
2003-02-05 17:31 ` Russell King
2003-02-05 19:15 ` Alan Cox
2003-02-05 19:02 ` Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-05 19:12 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-02-05 21:11 ` Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-06 23:06 ` Bill Davidsen
2003-02-06 23:59 ` Nilmoni Deb
2003-02-09 14:52 ` Bill Davidsen
2003-02-09 16:50 ` Nilmoni Deb
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-02-06 19:11 Dan Kegel
2003-02-06 20:38 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-02-07 17:28 ` Dan Kegel
2003-02-11 22:27 Larry McVoy
[not found] <20030212201840.AAA15967%shell.webmaster.com@whenever>
2003-02-12 20:46 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-02-12 21:30 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-12 21:41 ` Derek Fawcus
[not found] <20030212213022.AAA17490%shell.webmaster.com@whenever>
2003-02-12 21:43 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-02-12 22:31 ` David Schwartz
2003-02-12 23:04 ` Daniel Forrest
2003-02-12 23:28 ` David Schwartz
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