2015-05-20 15:43 GMT+03:00 Andreas Pettersson <andr...@roughedge.se>:
> Well its alot of GPL opensoftware that is funded but still released > under the rules of GPL. > Just take OpenSSL for example - that is funded by microsoft, ibm, debian > foundation, redhat foundation - and several others. > Its still open source and still follows the GPL rules. > > If Tormach is releasing Pathpilot as a GPL they are supposed to share > the code in a public repository as well. GPL v2 has no requirement to share the code in a public repository (at least I could not find it). If a binary is distributed via website, the source code should be offered for download from the same site. Since Tormach doesn't offer to download PathPilot binaries, they probably chose Section 3b saying that the source code can be sent on a medium to whoever has a copy of the binary. But they offer to download the updates in some format, does that count as binary distribution? Probably so. Though the "source-on-request" model is far less convenient, it still doesn''t prevent anyone from seeing the code (and doing harm to their business). So it's rather a matter of respect to the community. Sharing the source in a public repository would eliminate both legal (if any) and ethical issues. Hope they're willing to do so eventually. -- Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
