Alan Mackenzie wrote: [...] > >> I was assuming you'd have already checked it, and would want to save > >> others on the newsgroup, including me, from needless work. Have you > >> checked it, Alex? Does the download offered on that page violate the > >> GPL? > > > Sure it does violate the GPL, Alan. Go to Verizon's download page and > > try to find accompanied text of the GPL and/or sources (or "a written > > offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a > > charge no more than your cost of physically performing source > > distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding > > source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above > > on a medium customarily used for software interchange"). > > Is it actually GPL software that's being offered from that page?
What is your guess, Alan? > If so, is the source code for it available? It is certainly available somewhere (e.g. the busybox project's site itself), but *Verizon* doesn't make it available as promulgated by the GPLv2 Section 3. [...] > >> > http://www.terekhov.de/GPLvVerizon/DISMISSAL.pdf > > >> The notice is actually of voluntary dismissal, and there is no sign of > >> anything "against" the plaintiffs. > > > Man oh man. It is by definition of "dismissal with prejudice" that it is > > against the plaintiffs, idiot. Dismissal with prejudice is detrimental > > to plaintiffs, not defendants. > > No, the "predjudice" bit just means the case can't be restarted. And that means what to you, Alan? Hint: Verizon: Hey busybox guys, we continue doing all the bad things you have alleged in your claims against us. Thank you for your voluntary dismissal with prejudice. Busybox guys: Oops. Hth. regards, alexander. -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
