Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On 12-Feb-07, at 12:45 PM, Dhawal Doshy wrote:
nice FUD there..
i did not say source code - i said 'offer of source code'
same difference..
GPL doesn't mention that the source be freely available as a *download*.. however it *must* be provided on request / demand and you *CAN* charge a reasonable amount for media/shipping if you cannot host the source. If the GPL license is included with a distro (binary), then you *can* ask the distributer for the source and he/she ought to oblige.
I did not ask for it for free. I just pointed out that it does not seem to be available, and i have asked the owner on this thread where it is available, but he has not answered.
The distributer is not obliged to reply for such requests on a public forum, however a private mail ought to be fine (not that the GPL mentions this).. and of course you are free to post the vendor's private response on a public forum.
In the event the vendor doesn't oblige, see this: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html
- dhawal