Are there any "GPL enforcement trolls"?

Posted Jul 29, 2016 15:12 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Are there any "GPL enforcement trolls"? by pauly
Parent article: On the boundaries of GPL enforcement

> accepted evidence that SecureW2 themselves failed to provide the
source code along with the binary files

Can't you argue that, if you distribute the program AS RECEIVED FROM THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER, then this is pretty much automatic GPL compliance?

Either that, or it's entrapment. The copyright holder is distributing an allegedly GPL'd program that cannot be further distributed at all ...

Cheers,
Wol