[wellylug] Linux as selling point.

Bret Comstock Waldow bwaldow at alum.mit.edu
Sat Aug 13 10:54:21 NZST 2005


On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 00:09, David Murray wrote:

> True - and the GPL is what permits the manufacturer to freely *use* the
> software.

True and irrelevant.  The license addresses what the manufacturer must do when 
copying and distributing the progam.

Quote from the license to show where it speaks about any requirements to 
provide the source, and we'll see that the clause speaks of 'distribution' - 
not 'use'.

You cannot quote from the license the parts that address the requirement to 
provide source and show that it's about 'use' because it's not - it's about 
distribution.

Show us the clauses in the license that support your interpretation:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

...and we'll discuss that.

Cheers,
Bret
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