On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 03:09:00 +0800, Jonathan wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> > ..what about rented cars, can you hand it back to the owner > > without source code, if you are a commercial figure? As a > > private non-commersial person, you can use the GPLv2's §3c. > > If I am a business and I rent a computer running Linux where the > original creator of the Linux binaries in question has published the > source code on a web site and given appropriate info in the > documentation (i.e. GPL notices, package manager that supports source > downloading etc) but has not actually included the source code on the > box, am I obligated to provide the source code back to the company I > rented the computer from? > > The car example is exactly the same, its a "computer running Linux" > that happens to also have an engine, some seats, some doors, some > wheels and some other bits and pieces. ..correct, with the exception that I assumed no §3a delivery and no §3b offer of source code from the renting company. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
