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Subject: Re: Charging ($20) for GPL source? - msg#00004List: law.gpl.violations.legal> Think about it, if it were about making a profit of the source, a court case > would not really fit the aim, now would it? No, but it might not be about that. It might be about discouraging people from ever getting the source. Matthew Flaschen
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Previous Message by Date: click to view message previewPossible violation of GPL with Sarotech NAS productThe product from Sarotech : NHD-355 based on a Marvell SOC MV-88E6318 ( Mips 5Kc Core with Ethernet Switch) use a e-Linux based on a MontaVista ditribution This board is not supported by Marvell but the e-linux is powered by Marvell ( cat from version file ) MontaVista Linux Pro 3.0 for MV-88E6318 (Firehawk) RDK Alpha Release, version 0.2.5 Marvell, 4 Sep 2003 The kernel and some part are tuned by Sarotech ( cat of boot log ) ############################################# SAROTECH kernel revision : 2.0.0 2005/06/27 ############################################# Scripts and somes sources are modified or tuned by someone with this pseudo : HJCHOI On the english site from Sarotech I don't found GPL sources ( www.sarotech.com) On the korean site of sarotech (www.u-stor.net) i find some informations about sources and linux but in korean and the translation with google is poor. the text in korean can be found on www.u-stor.net in menu FAQ then the last at right and first post with some english word like NHD-355 / OS / zend optimizer / mips cpu / binary the most interessant part seem to be the last. But without a korean conversion better than google it's impossible to understand. conversion from google The customer buys a linux source consequently at the Internet and [khem] the file printed style of writing it must use the execution file which comes out and is not easy is not. Being possible when is a program developer who knows which degree linux put on only, it from description below hazard the development does tool chest is necessary. The development tool chest opening to the public knows from is not a possibility of opening to the public. Also there is not a water service where the user will establish the linux of separate way. Thank for your help/informations and happy new year Seko _________________________________________________________________ La bourse, la voile, la météo ou la cuisine: Sélectionnez vos liens privilégiés! http://fr.ch.msn.com/default.aspx?dc=true Next Message by Date: click to view message previewRe: Charging ($20) for GPL source?Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > Second, if this really happens, let's put together a fund where > 300 people put in $1. Buy one copy, post it on an FTP site and > *poof* goes the IP. Yeah, but how many people want the *source* of an obscure firmware? Matthew Flaschen signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature Previous Message by Thread: click to view message previewRe: Charging ($20) for GPL source?IAAL. But seems it's not a legal problem, but a practical one. As I say before, since there's a way to "bypass" it, ok. Omar Robert Brockway wrote: > On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Omar Kaminski wrote: > >> Ok, I agree. But it is a difficult for any who lives in another >> country, for example. >> >> So it's almost simililar to not making the source-code avaliable. > > IANAL. Now I've got that out of the way... > > As others have stated what the company is doing (as described) is > permissible within the GPL. Remember though that the GPL permits you > (or me, or everyone) to put the binary and source on a web site and > offer it for download at no cost. > > But don't take my word for it: > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesTheGPLRequireAvailabilityToPublic > > > This has always struck me as one of the most important defences for > keeping software free (as in beer). In essence it only takes a > minority of people to want to give away software at no cost for the > effective market cost (in money) of the software to be zero or near zero. > > Cheers, > > Rob > Next Message by Thread: click to view message previewRe: Charging ($20) for GPL source?Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > Second, if this really happens, let's put together a fund where > 300 people put in $1. Buy one copy, post it on an FTP site and > *poof* goes the IP. Yeah, but how many people want the *source* of an obscure firmware? Matthew Flaschen signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature Loading Comments...
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