Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759067AbXFZVCf (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:02:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758353AbXFZVC0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:02:26 -0400 Received: from lsd-gw.ic.unicamp.br ([143.106.7.165]:48296 "EHLO boneca.lsd.ic.unicamp.br" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758367AbXFZVC0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:02:26 -0400 To: davids@webmaster.com Cc: "Linux-Kernel\@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 References: From: Alexandre Oliva Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:02:07 -0300 In-Reply-To: (David Schwartz's message of "Tue\, 26 Jun 2007 12\:10\:16 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.990 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1292 Lines: 35 On Jun 26, 2007, "David Schwartz" wrote: > Alexandre Oliva: >> 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. > A lot of people seem to say this, but I don't think it's true. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCUnchangedJustBinary and the 3 questions after that should be enlightening as to why people say this ;-) cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete ^^^^^^^^^^ Why would 'physically' be there if it didn't mean anything? When interpreting legal texts, that's one sort of question you should ask yourself. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} - 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/