FSF should separate GPLv3 changes (Linux.com) [LWN.net]

FSF should separate GPLv3 changes (Linux.com)

Posted Oct 19, 2006 12:30 UTC (Thu) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)
In reply to: FSF should separate GPLv3 changes (Linux.com) by paulpach
Parent article: FSF should separate GPLv3 changes (Linux.com)

> Also the customers actually LIKED this since this allowed them to sleep
> better at night knowing they did not have to trust anyone else other than
> us. We would completelly break their trust (and maybe some contract
> agreement) if we gave our keys to anyone else.

The GPLv3 does not require you to give the keys to anyone else. It requires you to allow these customers to control the list of allowed update keys (assuming you're not stupid enough to harcode a sigle key, requiring distribution of this unique key to comply with the GPLv3)

From what you wrote, none of these users would have any reason to authorize a different key than yours as long as you retained their trust.

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