Joachim Breitner wrote: > Now compare Atmel: They give me the binary with a note (called GPL), > that I can get the source code from then, the next 2 years at the > expense of the copying (or something like that). If they don't do that, > they are misleading the customer.
The GPL nowhere says that the original author of the code will give the source to anyone. It only says that recipients who distribute binaries, must also distribute source (or offer to distribute source). If someone writes software under GPL and distributes binaries only, he makes it impossible for everyone else to redistribute those binaries. I do not think that that in itself is sufficient to _demand_ source from that person. There has to be something else, like a statement that this software can be freely modified or may be copied by anyone. Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/