On May 13, 10:03 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek- central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > In message <72888d2c-4b1a-4b08-a3aa- > > f4021d2ed...@e2g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Patrick Maupin wrote: > > If I download an Ubuntu ISO, burn it and give it away (let's say I give > > away 100 copies, just to remove the fair use defense), then I have > > violated the GPL. I provided chapter and verse on this; go look it up. > > I have looked it up <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>, and sections > 3b or 3c would seem to apply. Or alternatively > <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, 6b or 6c. If the source you got it > from didn’t violate the GPL, then obviously you didn’t either.
I don't think that's necessarily true. As I've posted before: "In the case of GPL v3, for example, Ubuntu lets me download code under 6d, so if I download it and burn it, I would have to use 6a or 6b; if I had actually received a CD from Ubuntu, I might be able to use 6c, but not if I downloaded it." That's because to use 6c, the initial underlying distribution had to be done with 6b, not 6d. Also the FAQ is very clear: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#UnchangedJustBinary Regards, Pat -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
