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Not only do they distribute it, they profit from that distribution^. If they were just a "dumb pipe", like an ISP, then no, but they have an active hand in it.
by tghw 16y ago
Not only do they distribute it, they profit from that distribution^. If they were just a "dumb pipe", like an ISP, then no, but they have an active hand in it.
(^ Not that profiting from it is a conflict with the GPL, it just reinforces their status as a distributor.)
- demallien 16y agoI don't know that the retailer of a product containing GPL software can really be said to be distributing programs as defined in the GPL. If I buy a Panasonic TV with linux inside it from my local Fry's, does Fry's have to take on the task of furnishing me with the source code of the program in question? It doesn't feel right. Oh, and just a note - if the application in question is free, then Apple doesn't profit from it at all.