On Tue, 27 Jun 2017, Bruce Perens wrote: > > On IRC it was mentioned that you will lose access if > > you redistribute, but you are in no way restricted from redistributing.
> So, what you are saying is that you are permitted to redistribute the > latest grsecurity patch, but that the company will as a penalty > disallow you from further being their customer or receiving any > additional versions of the patch. And this might not be written down, > but it's their policy. Yes. We have yet to see it happen though. > The punitive action is not incidental, it is a direct punishment for > the taking of an action which the GPL requires to be permitted. > I don't think a judge would have an problem with seeing this as a > deliberate contract violation. There is very little ground to actually make up a court case. Nobody has been blocked yet, and nobody has publicly (re)distributed the non-public patches. > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 2:02 PM, [1]para...@dyne.org > <[2]para...@dyne.org> wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Jun 2017, Bruce Perens wrote: > > > You are allowed to redistribute the patch legally, but you > shall > > > simply lose access to future patches. One could call it > blackmail, > > > another would call it a business move. > > Do you work for [1][3]grsecurity.net or do you have first > knowledge of > > this fact? I think a pretty good case could be made that this > is an > > added term under section 6. > I do have first-hand (informal) information from Brad (spender). > When > buying the patches and support from Grsecurity you are signing a > contract. On IRC it was mentioned that you will lose access if you > redistribute, but you are in no way restricted from redistributing. > Very few people have actually seen the contract, and it is only > given to > parties that are grsecurity customers. > GPL2 (Section 6) > > Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the > Program), > > the recipient automatically receives a license from the original > licensor > > to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms > and > > conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the > recipients' > > exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for > > enforcing compliance by third parties to this License. > > -- > ~ parazyd > GPG: 0333 7671 FDE7 5BB6 A85E C91F B876 CB44 FA1B 0274 > > References > > 1. mailto:para...@dyne.org > 2. mailto:para...@dyne.org > 3. http://grsecurity.net/ -- ~ parazyd GPG: 0333 7671 FDE7 5BB6 A85E C91F B876 CB44 FA1B 0274
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