On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:22 PM, James Hilliard <[email protected]>wrote:
> Doesn't providing software as a download count as distribution? They > distributed the software in question a few days ago to me via a direct > download from their own website linksys.com (firmware bin). I would agree > if it was a 3rd party distributing the firmware but it is not. > Then the GPL contains clauses which make absolutely no sense and thus undermines the potential robustness of the license? Think about it very, very slowly.. I am NOT saying that it cannot be construed this way, not in the slightest. But it can also be construed that the written offer they conveyed was made on a given date, and the time would be from the date of that written offer. I believe what you are saying is correct, personally. -- -- Thomas
