On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 16:40 -0500, Tom Callaway wrote: > On 01/28/2011 09:11 AM, Matt McCutchen wrote: > > AIUI, purporting to release a work under the GPL does not oblige the > > licensor to provide the source. > > I disagree, especially given that the licensor is claiming to be the > sole copyright holder and they are distributing the work. > > GPLv2 ties the right to copy/distribute the Program with the requirement > that the distributor either distribute it with the source code (3a) or a > written offer for how to get the source code (3b) (there is a 3c here, > but it is less relevant here). > > So, distributing (aka, "releasing a work") under the GPL absolutely > obliges the licensor to provide the source to recipients of the Program > (usually the binary). With all due respect, I don't think so... Assuming the licensor is the sole copyright holder as they say, they have the exclusive right of distribution under copyright law. They don't need a license to distribute the work however they please. They are not infringing anyone else's rights, so no one would have any cause to sue them. -- Matt _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
