Re: cdrtools-2.01a37 ready
On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 08:47:50AM +0200, Lourens Veen wrote:
> On Thu 19 August 2004 07:51, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> >
> > I doubt any government regards the GPL as an entity, so the GPL
> > has no rights. the GPL is a contract; following the GPL gives
> > entities rights. SuSE can release a really buggy version of
> > anything covered by the GPL, as long as they are complying with
> > the terms of the GPL. what I don't get, is that if Joerg is so
> > sure SuSE is in violation, why doesn't he just take them to
> > court. that's why the GPL exists; so people can be made to
> > comply or pay the consequences. it's not about freedom, it's
> > about control.
>
> That's not the point. By printing out that notice, SuSE does comply
> with the spirit of the GPL (that preamble clause about protecting
> the author) and by not clearly marking the source code files they
> may be violating the letter of the GPL.
>
> However, none of this is the issue. What Jörg is getting worked up
> about is that he gets email from people complaining about bugs in a
> version of his software that he has nothing to do with (neither
> that version of cdrecord nor the bugs). That's the real issue.
then why all the griping about GPL violations?
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