On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 02:19:16PM -0800, Keith Rollin wrote:
> At 6:05 PM +0100 2/16/02, John Marshall wrote:
>> In this case, anyone who gets the binary gets the source code. But
>> anyone can get that binary, so this is a pretty meaningless distinction
>> from just plain "anyone".
>
> This is the part I have issue with. The last time I checked, I had
> to sign up for their developer program in order to get their Poser
> and their sources.
I agree that this is annoying, and against the spirit of the thing.
Many people consider such a restriction to violate the GPL, but I have
forgotten the exact reasoning (David?). But that's not Sony's greatest
sin here, unfortunately...
However, I wanted their SDK too so I signed up. Hence:
> I don't want to sign up for their developer
> program, so I can't get their Poser and their sources.
Sure you can. You can ask me for it. :-)
Of course, it's not the right sources. But it's a start.
John
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