Hyman Rosen <[email protected]> writes: > This time, by the vendor withdrawing the product: > <http://sev-notes.blogspot.com/2009/06/gpl-scummvm-and-violations.html> > > A Wii game manufactured by subcontractors for Atari contains a > GPLed game engine, the game was distributed without complying > with the GPL, and apparently Nintendo requires a non-disclosure > agreement from their game makers which prohibits the distribution > of sources. Atari has agreed to stop selling the game after a > period of time, to destroy the remaining stock, and to make a > "significant" donation to the FSF. > > Once again, we have a demonstration that real companies act as > if the GPL works exactly the way it claims to.
The GPL does not claim to work in any way. It is a license, not a proclamation. The FSF (and other people) claim it does. And don't seem all too far off the mark... -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
