Rex:
What part of "tarball of the source" do you think means they're not
including the source code? The GPL, as I read it, doesn't say they have to
provide it in a "ready-to-compile" form. Heck, they *could*, as I understand
it, refuse to give the source unless you purchased RealVNC. There are other
GPL-ed apps out there that do exactly this.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Rex Dieter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 11:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: src.rpm/specfile, GPL violation
Kyle McDonald wrote:
> Rex Dieter wrote:
>
>>
>> RealVNC is violating the GPL (unknowningly or not) by failing to
>> provide the (preferred) source to the binary they distribute.
> On top of that, it's trechnically impossible for Real-VNC to violate the
> GPL.
I suggest you read the GPL then (relavent section 3 appended). It says that
GPL binaries that are distributed *must* include source. I can't see how
Real-VNC doesn't have to comply with that.
-- Rex
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