French GPL-compatible License

Samuel Liddicott sam at liddicott.com
Tue Jul 13 10:15:32 UTC 2004



Reinhard Mueller wrote:

>Am Die, den 13.07.2004 schrieb Samuel Liddicott um 10:32:
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>>This ressurects cases of embedded linux routers without source; who
>>must supply the source to the end customer? 
>>The re-saler? The importer? The manufacturer? Or the developer of the
>>embedded code who supplied it ONLY to the manufacturer?
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>Most logical would be "the one who commercially distributes the
>binaries". So actually this would be the reseller, but I am not 100%
>sure about that.
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The problem being when the reseller doesn't have the source and you have 
no legal relationship with the person who has so their obligation is not 
to you; and the reseller isn't inclined to pursue the case with any 
degree of vim.

Sam
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