On 7/30/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On 30-Jul-07, at 1:55 PM, PJ wrote:
>
> > Since the starcom UT modem I have at the office is redistributed
> > without source
> > access and GPL text, it seems to be the same kind of violation as
> > skype's
> > violation when skype distributed their voip set without source
> > access and GPL
> > text.
>
> if MTNL has not modified the code in the modem, it is under no
> obligation to provide the source or the GPL text
>
>
Ok Lets look at it this way.. MTNL gets the right to distribute the modem
from Starcom.. Starcom does not have the right to distribute the modem
unless it complies with the GPL.. Starcom does not comply with the GPL..
Hence Starcom neither has the right to distribute nor the right to give the
right to distribute the software to a third party.. Hence MTNL has no rights
to distribute the tainted code..

I don't see where the confusion is..

-- Anupam
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