Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:22:10 -0500 | From | "Justin A. Kolodziej" <> | Subject | Re: APC, Your company is making a mistake! |
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Henning Schmiedehausen wrote: > > He _IS_ the guy. When will you get it?
As soon as you or anyone else can explain to me WHY he can still distribute the binaries without source being made available, if in fact this is the case.
> He was forced to pull the > source off the net because of legal issues with reverse-engineering of > the APC Smart UPS protocol. >
In other words, distributing the binary is at the moment a violation. To quote from my handy-dandy copy of the GPL:
7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all. For example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.
If this does not prohibit distribution of the software in this case, since he apparently cannot distribute the source, than tell me why.
All I'm asking for is an explanation in terms of the GPL, IF in fact -- and this may no longer be the case -- the software is still under the GPL. Instead you just keep saying "YOu don't get it" without saying what IT is.
Thank you very much,
Justin A. Kolodziej -- My lucky number has been disconnected.
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