Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:16:20 -0700 | From | Scott Mansfield <> | Subject | Re: blatant GPL violation of ext2 and reiserfs filesystem drivers |
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>>Developer replies that the source code will be provided >>only to paying customers: > > > Not really. Developer does make the bizarre statement that "paid > customers" are entitled to source code, but doesn't say nobody else is. > And Developer says at the same time he will make source code available to > the person who requested it. The problem is that he doesn't actually do > it, and is never heard from again.
Call me crazy but if one requests a copy of the source only to never hear from the developer, is that not a direct violation of the GPL? To me this sounds like the developer is walking a pretty fine line.
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