Re: [SLUG] Violation of the GPL?

From: Robin (Roblimo) Miller (robin@roblimo.com)
Date: Wed Feb 06 2002 - 10:49:32 EST


> Now, I'm no Guru with the GPL, but aren't you supposed to make the
> source code available to anyone that asks who has purchased your product
> (regardless of wheter you include it with the product or not)? Why then
> is it that this company asks you to pay for it? Mind you, it's not
> exactly very much - I don't forsee hordes of geeks storming the gates at
> this place - but it's the principle with which I'm concerned. Or am I
> just exagerating and is this actually covered by the "charging for the
> medium" clause?

It's covered. Joe Cheek, Lycoris CTO, is a *major* GPL purist. Go check
out the prices FSF charges for some of the GNU tools, including source...

- Robin



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