On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:02:22 -0600 Curtis Olson wrote: > > So my questions: > > 1. Am I right to be concerned about this?
I dunno -- that's a personal question. But . . .
> 2. Is there any outright GPL violation going on here?
. . .this is the real question, and my answer is "I don't see anything
in this advert/auction that clearly indicates there's a GPL violation
going on.
I don't know of any reason why they can't charge for a download. The
GPL certainly allows it -- it says "any medium", and not "any *physical*
medium.". The Kompany makes some of its money that way.
However, it's definitely "distributing" flightgear, which means they
have to make source available -- either 1) accompanying the object code,
2) in the form of a standing (for at least 3 years) written offer to
provide source code on physical media, for which they can charge no more
than the cost of duplication and shipping, or 3) pointing the user at
how *they* got source code -- the latter only allowed for noncommercial
distribution, which doesn't seem to apply here.
Also, the GPL has to accompany it, and they can't put any additional
constraints on the people that download it from them, beyond those of
the GPL.
-c
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