Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Possible GPL Violation of Linux in Amstrad's E3 Videophone | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:01:58 +0100 |
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On Sul, 2004-10-03 at 12:46, Willy Tarreau wrote: > care, I did not do it. Just told the customer that if he wanted, he could > have everything, but when he replies "no thanks", I have no motivation > loosing my time. So from time to time, I put together new patches on my
Which meets the GPL file. Customer can also be expected to work "diff" unless you are doing daft stuff like obfuscating existing code.
> As long as vendors are honnest, and respect their customers' rights, I > don't see any problem. The problem arises when vendors explicitly refuse > to open anything. But most of the time, I suspect it's just a matter of > time and cleanness, and we should not expect too much from vendors who > already acknowledge that they are using GPL software and that they are > doing their best to publish the code ASAP.
On the little embedded box side there is certainly a lot of systematic abuse, especially in asian originated products. (And I justify the otherwise apparently racist remark with the statistics).
> > GPL v 2 blah bla > > > > or you may choose to distribute the software without source > > code for $100,000 per product you ship it in. > > > > This would then also give both a Judge and the thief a clear crystalised > > value for damages.... > > Hmmm interesting clause which would make them think before they steal the > code. Perhaps they would take more time to separate open and closed code > then. The problem is to define whom this money should be sent to.
Well I was thinking the $100,000 would just be for the bits I wrote in that one file or that one driver, ....
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