You joke, but GrSecurity is selling licenses for it's kernel patch for
$10,000, and does per-seat licensing. It prevents redistribution of it's
derivative work via an "access agreement" where-in the licensee promises
not to redistribute the derivative work, or else suffer a forfeiture of
his remaining balance, as well as suffer a penalty of recieving no
furthur versions (which he allready paid for).
So: yes: it is allready happening.
It's not a joke anymore.
Yet you here see this as "insane talk" and "yea they can do that, let's
patch the /next version/ of the GPL to prevent it!"
No: they /cannot/ do that. Section 6 forbids additional restrictive
terms, they have added an addional restrictive term (licensee shall no
redistribute except to customers if required), and are enforcing said
restrictive term with a negative covenant.
PLEASE Read:
perens.com/2017/06/28/warning-grsecurity-potential-contributory-infringement-risk-for-customers/
And Page 10 on of this brief:
perens.com/static/OSS_Spenger_v_Perens/0_2018cv15189/docs1/pdf/18.pdf
(which does discuss the copyright matter, even though the case is on
another)
On 2019-11-09 20:27, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote:
Alexandre François Garreau wrote:
Le samedi 9 novembre 2019, 14:25:58 CET Richard Stallman a écrit :
You should install GNU/Linux Activation Technologies Client if you
are running GNU/Linux.
Most distributions are already selling licenses.
I guess this is a forged, illegitimate, mail as it was sent through
something dealing with PHP.
Yes, of course. Though, would consider the fact that it originates
from the Ukraine more suspicious, than usage of PHP mailer.
However might someone enlight me on what “GNU/Linux Activation
Technologies Client” is and how is it supposed to be installed? Is
it a trojan?
No, itʼs a someoneʼs joke [0]. It was already advertised in a same
manner on other gnu.org m/l a week ago or so.
Is it free? x)
| GNU Project and Linux Foundation set the following fees:
|
| - Single GNU/Linux copy license: $99
| - Volume license (starting from 25 copies, only for
organizations): $49 for every machine
| - Key Server license: $999 and full license fee for every license
sold
|
| Key Server licenses are only sold by GNU Project and Linux
Foundation.
[0] https://notabug.org/GLAT/howtotell
