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Re: Linux and GPLv2



On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 05:53:35PM +0000, Gervase Markham wrote:
> Kuno Woudt wrote:
> >  * d) If the Program as you received it is intended to interact with
> >  users through a computer network and if, in the version you received,
> >  any user interacting with the Program was given the opportunity to
> >  request transmission to that user of the Program's complete source
> >  code, you must not remove that facility from your modified version of
> >  the Program or work based on the Program, and must offer an
> >  equivalent opportunity for all users interacting with your Program
> >  through a computer network to request immediate transmission by HTTP
> >  of the complete source code of your modified version or other
> >  derivative work.
> 
> Incidentally, this is pretty badly drafted, IMO. For example:

Add another one -- "must offer an [...] opportunity for all users [...] to
request immediate transmission by HTTP" -- doesn't mean that the request
must be successfully honoured...  <grin>

- Matt

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