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Do you just accept GPL violations? Once you've given me the source code, it's no longer yours!
by millstone 14y ago
Do you just accept GPL violations? Once you've given me the source code, it's no longer yours!
- icebraining 14y agoI accept them just fine if it's by someone who rejects copyright of his own works. I don't accept if it's done by hypocrites.
- derleth 14y ago> Do you just accept GPL violations? It's hard to violate the GPL without plagiarizing.
- millstone 14y agoI thought plagiarism was an issue of false attribution? If my product gives attribution to the original authors, but I do not release my source code, then I am in violation of the GPL, but I am not a plagiarist.
- derleth 14y ago> I thought plagiarism was an issue of false attribution? Yes, that's precisely what I've seen people get annoyed about when the issue of copyright violation comes up. > If my product gives attribution to the original authors, but I do not release my source code, then I am in violation of the GPL, but I am not a plagiarist. I thought the GPL allowed binary-only distribution as long as there was a link or similar in the program to somewhere the source was available, but apparently not. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#UnchangedJustBinary http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#UnchangedJustBinary "The general rule is, if you distribute binaries, you must distribute the complete corresponding source code too. The exception for the case where you received a written offer for source code is quite limited."