On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 21:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 01:57:32AM +0200, Marek Peteraj wrote: > > > > > Companies using Linux in musical gear besides Lionstracs: Plugzilla (a > > > rack that can play VSTs), Muse Receptor (similar concept), Hartman > > > Neuron (a synth). Unfortunately the others are based on pretty > > > closed design and most don't even tell you that's based on Linux. > > > Perhaps their attitude will change > > > in future. > > > > I just quickly checked their sites, and there's indeed absolutely no > > mention of using Linux. If they're all indeed using Linux, then it's an > > obvious breach of the GPL license. > > > > Marek > > > > > > IIRC, they only have to provide the sources to people who buy the > products.
The GPL explicitly states: 'to give _any_ third party ... a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code ...' > They aren't obligated to put a "powered by linux" banner on > their site, It all depends on how you want to comply to Section 1, in case you want to comply. ;) Marek
