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Netfilter gets a GPL-enforcement injunctionNetfilter gets a GPL-enforcement injunctionPosted Apr 16, 2004 17:38 UTC (Fri) by bas (subscriber, #7043)In reply to: Netfilter gets a GPL-enforcement injunction by dd9jn Parent article: Netfilter gets a GPL-enforcement injunction
> You do NOT need to give your changes to the WORLD: The rule is simple:
> everyone who gets the binary has the right to get the source too.
This is not true. Please read the GPL:
[you must (a), (b) or (c)]
b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
customarily used for software interchange;
Yes, that says "any third party", not just the people who got the binary.
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Netfilter gets a GPL-enforcement injunction Posted Apr 16, 2004 22:44 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] But just above that, the GPL states
3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections
1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
...
i.e., if you provide the person you give the binary with the source code, b) does not apply to you. You only need to do *one* of those things.
Netfilter gets a GPL-enforcement injunction Posted Apr 16, 2004 23:59 UTC (Fri) by piman (subscriber, #8957) [Link] You can also do a), or c) if you distribute noncommercially.If you do b), the offer must be given only to the people you distribute source to, even if the offer is valid for any third party. This is so the people you give source to, can pass along your offer if they in turn give the source to someone else.
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