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Re: FRR package in Debian violates the GPL licence



Paul Jakma <paul@jakma.org> writes:
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2019, Ole Streicher wrote:
>
>> Paul Jakma <paul@jakma.org> writes:
>>> The people involved in (3) - Linux Foundation, Cumulus Networks,
>>> 6WIND, Big Switch Networks, etc. - refuse to acknowledge the legal
>>> reality that the code of (3) is covered by the GPL licence of the code
>>> of (2), and refuse to honour the conditions required by the GPL - see
>>> David Lamparter's mail.
>>
>> And which statement of the GPL do they violate in your opinion?
>
> a) They are very clear they are /not/ distributing the source code under
>    the GPL licence.
>
> b) They are not complying with Section 1.

In GPLv2, section 1 allows the distribution of unmodified source code,
if the license information is distributed unmodified as well.

Which unmodified GPL source code do they distribute without the
licensing information?


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