Hello,
On Wed, 30.08.2006 at 09:27:21 +0200, Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 30, Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Debian must decide whether it wants to ship BLOBs with licensing which > > technically does not permit redistribution. At least 53 blobs have this > > problem. Many of them are licensed under the GPL, but without source code > > provided. Since the GPL only grants permission to distribute if you > > provide source code, the GPL grants no permission to distribute in these > > cases. > Many people disagree with this interpretation. I'm not a lawyer, but my take on this is that if someone ships you a BLOB under the GPL, you have the legal right to demand sources from him. So, in other words, I think Debian (or SPI? or FSF?) *could* make a real hurricane in the press (and courts) by trying to wrestle source code from said vendors. If that'd be good or bad for Debian, I don't know, but it will be very expensive and time consuming. Best, --Toni++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
