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That depends on how you read section 6 of the GPL2. It states in part: > You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights
by skymt 9y ago
That depends on how you read section 6 of the GPL2. It states in part:
> You may not impose any further
restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.
The central right granted under the GPL is, of course, the right to modify and redistribute the source. I'm not a lawyer, and I'm certain that Grsecurity could find a number of legal arguments that what they're doing is allowed (likely starting with the claim that terminating a relationship with a customer isn't legally imposing a restriction on that customer's actions), but the idea that they're in violation of the GPL isn't pulled from thin air.
- AstralStorm 9y agoIt is enough for them to send the source on a written request. May be a link (working!), may be source code on a disk. Someone will have to set up an automatic snail mailer. If they do not respect that, they are explicitly violating GPL.
- jopsen 9y agoThe point is if they punish you (such as discontinue business relationship) because you send a request to obtain the source, and exercise the rights you've been granted in the GPL, well, that's an additional restriction. I'm no lawyer, but the spirit of the law or a contract matters. You can't avoid a speeding ticket because the wheels of your car wasn't touching the road in the photo :)