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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!bowl.news.pipex.net!pipex!halon.vggas.com!news From: JYoungman@vggas.com (James Youngman) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: GPL Date: 3 Feb 1997 14:55:24 GMT Organization: VG Gas Analysis Systems Lines: 27 Message-ID: <5d4u8s$5qk@halon.vggas.com> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <32ED1866.34F02393@indiana.edu> <5cl66d$l52@web.nmti.com> <5cmiuu$iud@garuda.synet.net> <5cokgi$alm@web.nmti.com> <L3U8y0gTz/TM091yn@ibm.net> <32F167BB.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <0rnuc5.3e1.ln@zen> <5cvodo$hme@omega.gmd.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: uriel.vggas.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.8 (x86 32bit) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:156240 comp.os.linux.networking:67313 comp.os.linux.advocacy:82470 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2255 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51935 comp.os.os2.advocacy:265777 In article <5cvodo$hme@omega.gmd.de>, veit@gmd.de says... >Dream on. What's happening to me was the following: there is a company >which has made a port of gcc to some embedded controller. They want >DEM 3000 for a service contract and then give you binaries and sources >of this port "as an addition". When you ask them "GPL and free software, >and blurb, and blah, I would like to have the *free GPL'd* software" they'll >tell you: we are not a software company, we sell consulting for that >embedded controller, and some port of the gcc is just a courtesy, and >no, you won't get the gcc, you can buy support...circle,circle,circle. The GPL allows them to do this. I can modify GCC and refuse to give it to you for less than $1,000,000. *If* I give this version to you, I *must* supply source and *you* are allowed to give it away for free. As far as I see it the company you are talking about is conforming to the letter if the GPL. Just ask them for a list of satisfied customers & ask one of them for the source + code. They are allowed to give it to you. They may not want to -- it's their choice. -- James Youngman VG Gas Analysis Systems |The trouble with the rat-race Before sending advertising material, read |is, even if you win, you're http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/227.html|still a rat.