From: Zack Gilburd <zack@tehunlose.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: developers and GPL in products (Was: Re: GPL violations by wireless manufacturers)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:27:51 -0700
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On Tuesday 24 June 2003 11:25, Roger Larsson wrote:
> A customer of a product B that uses GPL project A can
> require the source for A. But what about the primary developer?
> Suppose the company charges an obscene amount of money for
> the product (that might be an enhanced project A, like a patch to allow
> compilation on Win32) - the primary developer might not afford to buy that
> product.

Not exactly.  By my understanding of the GPL, if you plan on distributing=20
binaries outside of your corporation, you MUST make the source available to=
=20
any and all third parties.  In adition, you must bundle the source code wit=
h=20
the binary.

That's just what I have read from the GPL -- IANAL.

=2D-=20
Zack Gilburd
http://tehunlose.com

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