Paul is almost right. Close enough for us anyway. You have to OFFER
the source to anyone who requests the source, and the cat is out of the
bag. Anyone who downloaded the binary in the past, irrespective of the
condition of the source, is legally owed the source on request. This
encumbrance came into play the first time someone clicked on the link
and downloaded it. For example, you do not owe me the source code as
the binary was not distributed to me. On the other hand, since you did
not have a way to log who downloaded, there is almost no clean way for
you to deny it to anyone who is willing to be dishonest and say they
received the binary. GPL is about distribution and nothing else on the
paper. It says what rights you have as a recipient of the code and what
legal encumbrances are placed upon you as a recipient. It is the social
consequences of this distribution regulation given its interaction with
human nature that is so interesting and enjoyable to me personally. The
copyright in the code says that you may not sell it without a separate
arrangement with the copyright holders. The copyright holders have the
right to grant you a different license and on and on.
Let me say that Flex has been very good about the GPL. When installing
the binary, you have to accept it just as you have to accept the EULA
when you install a piece of software from Microsoft. Let me suggest
that you all make a New Year's resolution and make it retroactive. READ
THESE THINGS. You might be surprised to find out that the latest piece
of shiny new software that you thought bought and thought you now own
from Microsoft, will reveal a real shock. You don't own it. You are
renting it and if you don't like it or it does some damage, it is your
fault since you should have known better than to rent it and they will
take it back immediately with no refund should you persist in being
unhappy and blah blah blah.
It is a joy to read the GPL. It is a work of sheer genius and every
time I see some lawyer get the knickers twisted over it because they
just can't "grok" what a revolution it is, I get as excited as the
first time I proved a new theorem in math.
Bob
Jeff Anderson wrote:
Thanks for the reply, Paul.
You're absolutely right re: sliders.
And regarding distributing source with the executable: I wasn't aware that
the source needs to be distributed with the binaries, but I've just verified
that you're correct. Unfortunately, at the moment I don't consider my mods
to be in an acceptable enough form for distribution (it's a bit of a mess
due to my using the code as a playpen for learning c#, c++, etc.), so,
rather than violate the license, I've decided to pull all files related to
my modified Console from my website until I can get the source cleaned up.
- Jeff, WA6AHL
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Shaffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 12:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] WA6AHL Console
Your console program has some good ideas. Your AF slider captures the mouse
unlike the style
of the official console and this is a slight problem. They are always
resetting focus to the hidden control
so that the mouse wheel returns to running the freq. That whole thing is
kind of funky but it works.
The source needs to be distributed with the binaries since it's all gpl.
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