On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 03:28:10PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Based on the following information below issued in August of 2002, who do
> you consider the distribitor of the GPL/LGPL violation (note despite the
> claim of working "promptly" that the violation still existed in October):
>
> > Dell preloads various Red Hat operating system products pursuant to
> > agreements between our companies which clearly specify that Red Hat, not
> > Dell, is the distributor. As you know, Red Hat makes the source code
> > for all of its open source software available for free download from
> > www.redhat.com, thus providing a mechanism for compliance with the GNU
> > GPL where the source code is not actually shipped with the binaries.
> > However, you raise a good point that purchasers of the Dell machines
> > preloaded with Red Hat Linux who don't receive a source code CD at time
> > of purchase need to be advised that they may obtain the source code from
> > the Red Hat website. We will work promptly with Dell to correct this
> > situation if it has not already been corrected.
It appears from what you're stating that Red Hat is guilty since they're
the distributor. However, all they're really guilty of is not providing
a letter - the source code *is* available for free download. You
haven't said what happens if you request your source CDs to be mailed to
you - will Red Hat mail it or not?
As far as GPL violations go, this looks like a pretty minor one, IMO.
.../Ed
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