Re: http://rateless.com/ GPL violation?

[Reini Urban <rurban at x-ray dot at>]

Dave Korn schrieb:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Reini Urban
> > Sent: 22 October 2004 17:44
>
>
> > Dave Korn schrieb:
> >
> > > Found: .\rateless-tunnel.exe
> > > rateless-tunnel.exe
> > >  C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
> > >    C:\WINDOWS\System32\ADVAPI32.DLL
> > >      C:\WINDOWS\System32\ntdll.dll
> > >      C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNEL32.dll
> > >      C:\WINDOWS\System32\RPCRT4.dll
> > > dk@mace /win/c/downloads/rateless>
> > >
> > >  LOL.  They owe me their source code.
> >
> > Or remove the cygwin build. That's the option they'll probably choose.
>
>
>   They can remove it from their website if they like, but it's too late.  As long
> as I am in posession of a binary of a GPL'd program, I have a non-negotiable right
> to a copy of the very same sources from which the binary I have was compiled.
> There are no if's or but's.
>
>   Of course, I Am Not A Lawyer, So Everything I Have Said Can Be Safely Ignored.

I'm not sure if this will hold on court.

I also wrote:
>>Question is how to enforce the current state of affairs.

I know that not many court decisions have been made on those GPL 
enforcement issues. And it will depend on the judge if the term 
"distribution" will be interpreted short-term (bad for rateless) or 
longer-term.

rateless will probably just say:
"We didn't know that. No offsense intended, no harm done. We removed it 
immediately. It's not distributed anymore."
And maybe they dare to deny any GPL lawyer claim for this short-term 
offense and go to court with this minor issue, not giving out the sources.
But I want to see that.
--
Reini Urban
http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/

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