On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:03 AM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 17:54, Simos Xenitellis > <simos.li...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>... >>> The key thing being "that person". That person is most likely not You, >>> the developer who is contributing to the software. Thus, You won't get >>> those changes unless "that person" decides to pass them back to you. >>> >>> So you don't necessarily have a "right" to the code. You are relying >>> on the goodwill of "that person" to help you out. Of course, they >>> might not even know who you are. They might not care. They might not >>> ever ask for the source code. >>> >> >> It's a common misconception. If a TV uses Linux (most LCD/LED TV use Linux), >> you do not need to show evidence you bought one in order to ask for >> the Linux source code. >> >> See the GPLv2 (per Linux kernel) license text, >> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt >> >> “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,” > > That written offer goes to the recipient (your statement comes from > 3(b), which is dependent upon the primary part of (3), which talks > about distributions to a recipient). The recipient does not need to > transfer or pass that offer to third parties. >
Here is the full sentence, omitting some details for clarity: a. You [i.e. manufacturer, etc] may copy and distribute the Program, b. in object code or executable form c. provided that you also d. accompany it with a written offer e. to give **any** third party f. a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code > Again, you're relying on the goodwill of the recipient to get changes > returned. > Anyone can get a copy of the source code for copyleft software. Tell me which LCD/LED TV you have (brand, model), and I'll get for you the source code (of the copyleft) software. Simos -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
