Re: GPL violation by CorAccess?
From: Chris Friesen
Date: Tue Apr 19 2005 - 18:40:45 EST
Richard B. Johnson wrote:
No. Accompany it with a written offer to __provide__ the source
code for any GPL stuff they used (like the kernel or drivers).
Anything at the application-level is NOT covered by the GPL.
They do not have to give away their trade-secrets.
GPL'd applications would still be covered by the GPL, no?
If I buy their product, I should be able to ask them for the source to
all GPL'd entities that are present in the system, including the kernel,
drivers, and all GPL'd userspace apps.
Any *new* apps that they wrote they would of course be free to keep private.
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