Re: Possible gpl problem?

[Kasper Sandberg]

On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 00:22 -0700, David Rees wrote:
> On 8/27/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > However, the lack of a freely downloadable version with no
> > support certainly seems to be a GPL violation to me.  It should be checked
> > out IMO.
> 
> Gene, this is not quite the right list for this discussion (have a
> look at http://gpl-violations.org/) and your understanding of the GPL
> is incorrect.
> 
> Just because a company doesn't have source freely downloadable on
> their website does not mean they are violating the GPL even if they
> are selling GPL licensed software. Only people who buy the GPL
> licensed software are entitled to a copy of the source of the binaries
> they receive.
as far as i understand, anyone who receieves a copy of the binary, is
entitled to the source
> 
> -Dave
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