On the 'death penalty' thing
On the 'death penalty' thing
Posted Feb 11, 2012 18:18 UTC (Sat) by corbet (editor, #1)In reply to: On the 'death penalty' thing by Wol
Parent article: A tempest in a toybox
In the interest of clarity, it's worth repeating an important point here:
If somebody is shipping Busybox (or another GPL-licensed program), and they did not ship the source along with a binary distribution, then any third party is entitled to ask for the source. Having bought the box (or not) does not play into the picture in any way.
That said, third parties have no standing to legally enforce that requirement. Only the copyright holders can do that. The SFC, by virtue of representing copyright holders (and, possibly, being a copyright holder itself), has the standing to initiate this sort of action.