On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:05:35 -0500, amicus_curious wrote:
> Verizon openly distributes the Ationtec product. That makes them a > distributor and does not make Actiontec a Verizon agent. Even though > Verizon is openly distributing a product that contains GPL licensed > software, they do not provide the source. One has to go to some > upstream locatoion in order to obtain source. You're begging the question and haven't established that Verizon is a distributor *in the sense which applies here*. The critical point is that the OEM is Actiontec. How does Verizon obtain the routers? Actiontec distributes the routers to Verizon. It seems debatable that Verizon is even a distributor in this sense as Verizon didn't install Linux onto the router. I think that the key distinction is *who* put Linux on the router, and that whoever did is the distributor. Some third party who sells a device with GPL software installed on it isn't necessarily distributing that software. -Thufir _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
