Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:31:22 +0000 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: Monta Vista software license terms |
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IANAL.
In fact, most of the people on this list are not lawyers, so maybe we're not the most appropriate people to answer your query.
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:58:23AM +0000, Nilmoni Deb wrote: > Its the last sentence that is of concern. Does this mean no 3rd > party (who is not a customer) can get the GPL source code part of their > products ? Seems like a GPL violation of clause 3b in > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html .
Section 3 seems to apply when a binary is redistributed, and my reading of section 3b leads me to understand that it would only apply if all of the following are satisfied:
1. A distributed a binary image to B. 2. A accompanied it with a written offer under section 3b. 3. A did not supply the source code corresponding to that binary as per 3a.
> In addition: > > 1. There is no linux kernel source in ftp://ftp.mvista.com/ > > 2. The download page http://www.mvista.com/previewkit/index.html does not > claim to offer any source code at all.
Does the site allow you to download a binary kernel image? If the answer is "no" then there isn't a problem here since section 3 does not apply (no distribution of the program in object code or executable form).
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