Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265739AbTF3IsS (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 04:48:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265783AbTF3IsR (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 04:48:17 -0400 Received: from mauve.demon.co.uk ([158.152.209.66]:48571 "EHLO mauve.demon.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265739AbTF3IsP (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 04:48:15 -0400 From: root@mauve.demon.co.uk Message-Id: <200306300902.KAA18655@mauve.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL To: davids@webmaster.com (David Schwartz) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 10:02:17 +0100 (BST) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "David Schwartz" at Jun 30, 2003 01:24:43 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1132 Lines: 25 > > > > I'm still not seeing any evidence of anyone being blocked from obtaining > > the source code (although I haven't followed the whole thread) > GPL says: > > 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, > under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of > Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: > > a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable > source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections > 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, If you can supply source on a floppy, or CDROM, or DVD, in a different form than the binary (which may be in a flash ROM, ...), then clearly it doesn't have to be in the same form as the Program. The URL of a website is a medium customarily used for software interchange. - 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/