On Monday, July 8, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Eric D wrote: > In regards to Jeremy's statement below in regards to the GPL, and how XDA > enforces the GPL, I would like to provide some more facts in regards to this. > > At the link here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349756 > XDA user SebastianFM has a ROM and KERNEL package. This kernel is modified > from stock. > At the time of this email - this posting was > Last edited by SebastianFM; 6th July 2013 at 02:58 PM. > And created on 4th July 2013, 12:24 AM > > Today is July 8th, and there is still no source for the kernel. SebastianFM > clearly states in his post that " > Kernel > I'll upload source code soon > " > > SebastianFM has a history for not uploading source, and people in the past > have been banned for "wasting a moderators time" for reporting him for no > source. > This post I linked above was posted 2 days ago, and there is no source, and > the moderator who responded to the post said there is a grace period. > > Sr. XDA Moderator Broncogr also in the past stated "SebastianFM gets a grace > period for GPL compliance because he has done so much for the community" > > Yes, with some developers, XDA will permaban a developer within 1 hour if no > source is provided, while other developers get a grace period of 10 days, and > sometimes months, sometimes 5 minutes.. It all depends on your name or team > association. > > Point of this email is that XDA is selective on who they enforce GPL on, and > how they enforce it. Faux123 lost his "status" of "RD" for repeated GPL > violations, but he is allowed to still post his kernels. Sebastian is > allowed to get grace periods, showp1984 is exempt from providing a defconfig > file (per broncogr). > > ...and..... > MikeC84 clearly responded to a request for source with "with I post a link, > you can have it" You would have to be blind to realize that at the time of > the request, he had no intent of providing source code. He only covered his > tracks after his compliance issues were discussed here. > > > > > >
This is not the XDA enforcement list. If you have issues with how XDA handles enforcement of their policies, please take it up with them off the list. You seem to be under the mistaken impression that this list exists to provide you with a forum to insist upon enforcement of the GPL. And before you claim "Chad Goodman witch hunt", the issue with Chad that was so interesting as to spur so much discussion on this list was the reliance on the GPL FAQ that used the undefined term "organization". -- Ryan Orr [email protected]
