Max, Our software guys are re-writing our code to be sure there are no issues with MPD. We will e-mail the source code for MPD when it is completed and tested. They tell me it will be the end of the month.
I am asking for forgiveness for any current and past violations of GPL compliance. It was in no way intentional, and we sincerely apologize. We had/have no malicious intent, only ignorance to the GPL. We have no way of stopping usage of code within the boxes already in the field, only correcting and pushing new code to all boxes once we finish with the changes/compliance. Our intent is to be as transparent as possible and follow any and all rules. As mentioned above, it is being corrected as soon as possible. Once released all units are updated and all previous versions of software are gone. We are not going to release any source code involving our third party partners as this would be clear violations of our agreements with them. This should be respected from any perspective because to do so would knowingly put us in violation of various agreements. As noted, any violation of the GPL was clearly unintentional, and our intention is to rectify it as soon as we possibly can. We do appreciate your patience. Sincerely, Billy Wright | President | LinkedIn CARY AUDIO 6301 Chapel Hill Road | Raleigh, NC 27607 919-355-0010 PHONE www.caryaudio.com www.aebycary.com Click here to sign up to receive our monthly enewsletters! -----Original Message----- From: Max Kellermann [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 10:48 AM To: Billy Wright <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]; Daryl Berk <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mpd-devel] Request for GPL source code of DMS-500_v1.30.9_20170802.zip On 2018/02/10 15:57, Billy Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > I am taking this issue very seriously. Our software guys have been working on > this since we became aware of the issue. They tell me it will take until the > end of the month to complete and test. I will send you confirmation > immediately. Your software guys have been working on finding the source code? And they will suddenly find it at the end of the month? The file you sent to me was heavily redacted. Your software guys had been very busy deleting the interesting parts. But the GPL doesn't work that way. Your software guys have been doing all wrong. Your failure to deliver the full source code is an ongoing violation of my copyright. Deleting stuff from your code isn't going to fix that. Only sending the full source code of the binary you shipped is going to fix that. Again, just in case you still don't understand: even if you one day ship a firmware image with GPL compliance, that's not a solution for my source code request. Again, once again: your license to use MPD is terminated. You have three options: 1. seek forgiveness from all MPD copyright holders to reinstate the GPL 2. choose the GPLv3 instead which allows reinstating the licesen without explicit forgiveness (beware of the other implications!) 3. stop using MPD at all But again again again: that doesn't affect my source code request. Unredacted, nothing deleted. That is what the GPL mandates. Nothing less. I hate repeating myself and this is really annoying, but I have a feeling that you still don't know how deep your hole is, and how incompetent your software guys are. _______________________________________________ mpd-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.blarg.de/listinfo/mpd-devel
