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Will no-one sue GrSecurity for their blatant GPL violation (of GCC and t
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Will no-one sue GrSecurity for their blatant GPL violation (of GCC and the linux kernel)? |
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Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:57:16 +0000 |
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(Note: Sending here now as this the other list was for tech discussions
instead, oh an they lied: the pre-moderation is still on (for me,
because they do not want this topic discussed (and have admitted so))).
(SFConservancy hasn't done anything in years, FSF Legal is the same)
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RMS:.
Could you share your thoughts, if any, of why no one will sue GrSecurity
("Open Source Security" (a Pennsylvania company)) for their blatant
violation of section 6 of version 2 of the GNU General Public License?.
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Both regarding their GCC plugins and their Linux-Kernel patch which is a
non-separable derivative work?.
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They distribute such under a no-redistribution agreement to paying
customers (the is the only distribution they do). If the customer
redistributes the derivative works they are punished..
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That is: GrSecurity (OSS) has created a contract to /Defeat/ the GPL and
has done so successfully so far. Very successfully. The GPL is basically
the BSD license now, since such as been allowed to stand..
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This is how businesses see the GPL. They are no longer afraid: They will
simply do what GrSecurity has done. Something that was supposed to stay
liberated: a security patch that helped users maintain their privacy by
not being immediately rooted when using a linux kernel on a GNU system;
is now non-free..
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With this the GPL _fails_..
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NO ONE has sued GrSecurity. Thus they are seen as "having it right"
"correct" "we can do this"..
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Wouldn't the FSF have standing regarding the GCC plugins atleast?.
Couldn't you all rally linux-kernel copyright holders to bring a joint
action?.
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- Will no-one sue GrSecurity for their blatant GPL violation (of GCC and the linux kernel)?,
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