Hi Neil, > > Why should only the originator of a contribution resp. "a piece of > > software" be entitled to enforce disclosure of sources? > > It likely depends on the laws of your country, but establishing a > basis for a claim might be challenging if not under copyright law. > > Some kind of action for breach of contract, if you could prove (would > that be in the interests of the community anyway?) that the GPL was a > contract and not a licence.
The FSF have said in the past they don't want it to be judged as a contract? > Some kind of false advertising, perhaps? If I buy a tome from my corner bookshop, thinking it to be printed by the publisher, and with a pittance going to the author, only to realise once home that it's been knocked up behind the counter without permission of the copyright holder, what recourse do I have in England? Do I not have the same if I buy a shiny bit of electronics where the embedded software doesn't have all the copyright holders' permissions to distribute? Cheers, Ralph.
