I believe you have emailed the wrong entity; this is a list hosted by the Open Source Initiative. You can contact the Free Software Foundation at [email protected].
Best regards, Pamela Chestek Chair, License Review Committee Open Source Initiative On 11/7/2019 12:26 PM, [email protected] wrote: > RMS: > Could you share your thoughts, if any, of why no one will sue > GrSecurity ("Open Source Security" (a Pennsylvania company)) for their > blatant violation of section 6 of version 2 of the GNU General Public > License? > > Both regarding their GCC plugins and their Linux-Kernel patch which is > a non-separable derivative work? > > They distribute such under a no-redistribution agreement to paying > customers (the is the only distribution they do). If the customer > redistributes the derivative works they are punished. > > That is: GrSecurity (OSS) has created a contract to /Defeat/ the GPL > and has done so successfully so far. Very successfully. The GPL is > basically the BSD license now, since such as been allowed to stand. > > This is how businesses see the GPL. They are no longer afraid: They > will simply do what GrSecurity has done. Something that was supposed > to stay liberated: a security patch that helped users maintain their > privacy by not being immediately rooted when using a linux kernel on a > GNU system; is now non-free. > > With this the GPL _fails_. > > NO ONE has sued GrSecurity. Thus they are seen as "having it right" > "correct" "we can do this". > > Wouldn't the FSF have standing regarding the GCC plugins atleast? > Couldn't you all rally linux-kernel copyright holders to bring a joint > action? > > References: > perens.com/2017/06/28/warning-grsecurity-potential-contributory-infringement-risk-for-customers/ > > > perens.com/static/OSS_Spenger_v_Perens/0_2018cv15189/docs1/pdf/18.pdf > (Page 10 onward of this brief gives a good recitation of the facts and > issues > > > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org > _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
