Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 | From | Alexandre Oliva <> | Date | Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:18:47 -0300 |
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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?
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