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Re: Binary-only firmware covered by the GPL?



On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 07:21:14PM -0500, Evan Prodromou wrote:
>...
> Also, there doesn't seem to be any obligation* on the part of the
> licensor to provide source in any particularly readable or
> maintainable format. Creators of Modified Versions might be under some
> such obligation, but I'm not sure the original author is.

WTF does the header state a file is under the GPL when all it contains 
is a binary blob without available source code?

> ~ESP
> 
> * Legal, not moral.

cu
Adrian

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