Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263597AbTFISOX (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 14:14:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263918AbTFISOX (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 14:14:23 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:54180 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263597AbTFISOW (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 14:14:22 -0400 Subject: Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL From: Alan Cox To: Frank Cusack Cc: David Schwartz , public@mikl.as, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030608224727.D9097@google.com> References: <200306072241.23725.public@mikl.as> <20030608224727.D9097@google.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1055183131.31139.6.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 09 Jun 2003 19:25:31 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 822 Lines: 17 On Llu, 2003-06-09 at 06:47, Frank Cusack wrote: > Section 3(b) of GPLv2 says "Accompany it with a written offer ... to give > any third party ... [the] source code". > > If the source code is actually distributed with the object code, then > they need only make it available to those who obtain the object code. > Of course those folks are free to redistribute to anyone, if they want. This is specific only to the written offer case. MOst people I know throw the tar ball on the CD they already ship holding manuals, windows installer for the pointless gui config app etc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/