Re: Possible gpl problem?

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 28 August 2006 03:22, 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.

I came to that same conclusion after reading their FAQ later.  Sorry for 
the noise.  My interest is in whether or not the RTAI stuff will be 
similarly hidden from public use as I DO use that while running my milling 
machine with EMC2.  That interest was my trigger to at least ask the 
question.

>-Dave

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