Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261316AbUKIAD6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 19:03:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261315AbUKIAD5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 19:03:57 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:28876 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261314AbUKIADg (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 19:03:36 -0500 Subject: RE: GPL Violation of 'sveasoft' with GPL Linux Kernel/Busybox +code From: Alan Cox To: davids@webmaster.com Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rapha=EBl?= Rigo LKML , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1099954836.14146.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 23:00:37 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 772 Lines: 21 On Llu, 2004-11-08 at 20:53, David Schwartz wrote: > > I don't see the problem. If I ship you GPL code then you have no "right" > > to updates from me. > > Correct, but you do have the right to distribute the GPL'd code that you > received. You do with Sveasoft. > Can I say, "I'll ship you a copy to my privately-made derivative of the > Linux kernel, but only if you first sign a contract promising not to > distribute it". No but you can say "if you redistribute this I'm not interested in working with you any more" - 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/