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> Do you just accept GPL violations? It's hard to violate the GPL without plagiarizing.

• millstone 14y ago
  I 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."