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On 18/08/13 02:45, Bradley M. Kuhn wrote:
> TJ  wrote at 06:21 (EDT):
>>> I... was unable to download the source without first agreeing to an
>>> additional Samsung legal agreement.
> ..
>>> As I understood it the GPL precludes distributors from imposing
>>> additional terms; surely that includes imposing a legal agreement in
>>> order to obtain the source?
> 
> You're correct that imposing additional restrictions on distribution is
> prohibited by GPLv2ยง6.  However, I didn't see anything in that
> download agreement that imposed an additional restriction.  Which
> part do you think imposed an additional restriction?

"...and all such warranties, express or implied, are hereby disclaimed, 
including,
without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular 
purpose accuracy, completeness.."

My eyes caught on:

"warranties" ... "disclaimed, including" ... "accuracy" ... "completeness"

which made me immediately wonder what a user's recourse would be if the 
download(s) from the Samsung open source centre are incomplete. It would seem 
to leave users without a remedy to obtain the
"complete corresponding machine-readable source code" if it did prove to be 
incomplete.


> But, as Armijn Hemel pointed out at 15:40 (EDT):
>> Then get it from Gitorious where Bradley put it:
>> https://gitorious.org/binbang/exfat-linux
> 
> You can feel free to take distribution of that code from me, under
> GPLv2, via the aforementioned repository. :)

Indeed, after Armijn made me aware of it that is what I did, but there was no 
mention of that repository in the SFLC press release.

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