Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758941AbXFZRRt (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:17:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756978AbXFZRRn (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:17:43 -0400 Received: from dsl081-033-126.lax1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.33.126]:53682 "EHLO bifrost.lang.hm" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756648AbXFZRRm (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:17:42 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:17:23 -0700 (PDT) From: david@lang.hm X-X-Sender: dlang@asgard.lang.hm To: Alexandre Oliva cc: Al Boldi , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200706172319.22381.a1426z@gawab.com> <200706260717.19677.a1426z@gawab.com> <200706261344.23906.a1426z@gawab.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1086 Lines: 29 On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 26, 2007, Al Boldi wrote: > >> I read your scenario of the vendor not giving you the source to mean: not >> directly; i.e. they could give you a third-party download link. > > This has never been enough to comply with GPLv2. > > FWIW, it is one of the improvements in GPLv3. either it's an improvement in the GPLv3 or it's a violation of GPLv2. you can't say that the GPLv2 prohibits it _and_ it's an improvement in the GPLv3. unless you are saying that the GPLv3 is saying that a third party link now _is_ sufficiant. this seems to be counter to what the FSF is claiming (with good reasoning. after all, you don't control the third party site, so it could change or go away and now the people who got the binaries from you can't get the sources) David Lang - 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/