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From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
Cc: jw schultz <jw@pegasys.ws>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: over&out (Re: feature request - why not make netif_rx() a	pointer?)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 00:08:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DB79C79.9050200@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1035440743.9164.24.camel@gby.benyossef.com

Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:

> IANAL but AFAIK the GPL V2 requires you to either distribute the
> source/patch together with the binary or include a *written* obligation
> valid for three years to supply the sources to any thrid party.
> 
> So, for example, if you disribute the binary on a CD, or some embedded
> device, sticking the patch somewhere on your web site with an obscure
> link pointing to them is technicaly a violation of the GPL.

You could hide the source in the documentation, no one ever reads that ;)

Ben

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-10-24  7:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-23  0:39 feature request - why not make netif_rx() a pointer? Jean Tourrilhes
2002-10-23 13:39 ` Slavcho Nikolov
2002-10-23 14:03   ` Chris Friesen
2002-10-23 16:23     ` over&out (Re: feature request - why not make netif_rx() a pointer?) Slavcho Nikolov
2002-10-23 22:59       ` jw schultz
2002-10-24  6:25         ` Gilad Ben-Yossef
2002-10-24  7:08           ` Ben Greear [this message]
2002-10-25 11:50       ` Adrian Bunk
2002-10-23 16:48   ` feature request - why not make netif_rx() a pointer? Jean Tourrilhes
2002-10-23 17:27     ` Ben Greear
2002-10-24  4:13   ` David S. Miller
2002-10-24  9:28     ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2002-10-24 10:15       ` David S. Miller
2002-10-24 11:01         ` Henning Schmiedehausen
2002-10-24 13:30     ` Slavcho Nikolov
2002-10-24 13:46       ` David S. Miller

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