Re: Legal Question on GPL
On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 09:49:56PM -0500, Steve Przepiora wrote:
> Hello, I have a legal question about a company stating they're product is
> covered by the GPL. I have included my correspondence with them which will
> explain the situation. This doesn't have to do with Debian, but this is the
> only place I know of that I could get this clarified for me. I do not
> subscribe to this list, if you could reply to me directly I would appreciate
> it.
The GPL does not impose on software developers the duty to operate
a web or FTP site.
It is perfectly permissible under the GPL to just distribute
source+binaries on a CD as this company is doing.
Note that they do not interfere with the distribution rights of users who do
operate sites. They seem to be in total compliance with the GPL.
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