Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161070AbVLWWAi (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:00:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161069AbVLWWAh (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:00:37 -0500 Received: from e6.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.146]:54926 "EHLO e6.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161063AbVLWWAg (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:00:36 -0500 In-Reply-To: <43AC5B14.2090509@mac.com> To: Scott Mansfield Cc: "Robert W. Fuller" , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, LKML Kernel , Kyle Moffett , Steven Rostedt , Ben Slusky MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: blatant GPL violation of ext2 and reiserfs filesystem drivers X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.2CF1 June 9, 2003 Message-ID: From: Bryan Henderson Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:00:32 -0800 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D01ML604/01/M/IBM(Release 7.0HF90 | November 16, 2005) at 12/23/2005 17:00:34, Serialize complete at 12/23/2005 17:00:34 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1251 Lines: 29 >>>Developer replies that the source code will be provided >>>only to paying customers: >> >> >> Not really. Developer does make the bizarre statement that "paid >> customers" are entitled to source code, but doesn't say nobody else is. >> And Developer says at the same time he will make source code available to >> the person who requested it. The problem is that he doesn't actually do >> it, and is never heard from again. > >Call me crazy but if one requests a copy of the source only to never >hear from the developer, is that not a direct violation of the GPL? To >me this sounds like the developer is walking a pretty fine line. I'll just call you crazy for implying that someone said otherwise. If you look above, you'll see a statement that the developer said he would supply source code only to paying customers, and then a contradiction that says the developer did not say that. It then adds an extra fact to explain what the developer _really_ did to create the violation. - 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/