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FromAl Boldi <>
SubjectRe: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
DateTue, 26 Jun 2007 13:44:23 +0300
Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jun 26, 2007, Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote:
> >> Is it in the spirit of GPLv2?
> >
> > No, but that's besides the point.
>
> Thanks for informing me about the point *I*'m trying to make ;-)
>
> > You can only hold people responsible for the letter, lest there be
> > chaos.
>
> That's not *quite* how it works, but that's a general idea, yes.
>
> >> How are the sources passed on in this way going to benefit the user or
> >> the community?
> >
> > They still have to provide the source by other GPL means of their
> > choosing.
>
> This is contradictory.  You said the scenario I described was
> permitted, and the scenario included the vendor's refusal to give
> customers other copies of the sources.
>
> Which is it?

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.


Thanks!

--
Al

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