Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 9 Jun 2003 23:37:30 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL |
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On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 10:47:27PM -0700, Frank Cusack wrote: > On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 10:32:52PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > Including the source with the product would be insufficient to meet the GPL > > requirements. They would have to offer the source (or a written offer to > > obtain the source for no more than the cost of physically copying it) to > > everyone who downloaded their software from their web site. The GPL is quite > > clear that the source code offer must be made to anyone to whom the object > > code is distributed. (The program must be accompanied by the offer.) > > No, a source code *offer* must be made to anyone, period.
Wrong.
> Section 3(b) of GPLv2 says "Accompany it with a written offer ... to give > any third party ... [the] source code". >...
If you read section 3 from the beginning you notice that 3b is only one of three choices.
> /fc
cu Adrian
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