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From: | Rjack |
Subject: | Re: More FSF hypocrisy |
Date: | Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:00:33 -0400 |
User-agent: | Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) |
Hyman Rosen wrote:
Alexander Terekhov wrote:To repeatTo repeat: In order to distribute GPLed code, including combined works which incorporate GPLed code, the distribution must be made under the terms of the GPL. This requires distributors to make source code available to certain third parties. This is an obligation of the distributor to the copyright holder, and failing to honor this obligation leaves the violator subject to copyright infringement.
To repeat: Your repeated assertion is utterly false.
Third parties to whom the distributors owe source code under the GPL cannot themselves go to court to enforce their claims if the distributors have not given them the license terms under which the program is delivered. Only the copyright holder can enforce the obligation.
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