Today's SFLC/BusyBox target: Extreme Networks, Inc.

Posted Jul 21, 2008 20:14 UTC (Mon) by rahvin (guest, #16953)
In reply to: Today's SFLC/BusyBox target: Extreme Networks, Inc. by syspig
Parent article: Today's SFLC/BusyBox target: Extreme Networks, Inc.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but the GPL allows two methods to distribute the source to
recipients of the software. This method appears to be a mix of the two allowed methods and
doesn't appear to comply with the GPL. 

Beyond submitting a request and finding out if they actually respond to them someone would
need to review the source to see if it can build to a complete version of their shipping
product. The BusyBox campaign has been specifically addressing vendors who provide generic
builds of Busybox code without providing their modifications. So the complaint could address
the code availability or the lack of completeness, the lawsuit announcements never say what
the ultimate problem is.

Today's SFLC/BusyBox target: Extreme Networks, Inc.

Posted Jul 21, 2008 22:13 UTC (Mon) by hannada (guest, #4633) [Link]

Can anyone point to the deficiency, if any, of this method of offering source code?  Assuming
that the same offer is printed and distributed with the product?

From the GPL V.2 license: "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".