Am Sonntag, den 29.04.2012, 18:33 +0200 schrieb Emanuel Rumpf: > 2012/4/29 hermann <[email protected]>: > > > > This is the second time this guy distribute sticks wich binary s and he > > claim that he didn't need to provide the source. That is, what he > > understand under the GPL. > > > > As I understood the GPL, he/she doesn't have to offer the source code > to non-customers. > ( GPL can be used commercially. ) > > But in the FAQ they say : > " > If you commercially distribute binaries not accompanied with source > code, the GPL says you must _ provide a written offer _ to distribute > the source code later. When users non-commercially redistribute the > binaries they received from you, they must pass along a copy of this > written offer. > > This means that people who did not get the binaries directly from you > can still receive copies of the source code, along with the written > offer. > " > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html >
yes, that is how I understand it also, but he explizit say that he wouldn't do that. He only distribute binarys, no source available, for no-one ever. No " _ provide a written offer _ " ever :-(|) Not for the included Applications, nor for the "OS" itself. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
