-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05 Oct 2003 14:38:40 -0600, Bill Anderson wrote: > However, as was stated this has gotten way OT, so any further question > should be addressed privately. Why should I? You have completely misunderstood my message, obviously. > > > > And as three FAQ states, the "any third party" is a third party who has > > > > received the binaries, not just Joe on the Street. > > > > > > Well... What if your wife (or anyone she distributed the binaries to) > > > gave your written offer to someone else, without the binaries? :-) > > > Wouldn't such a person still be entitled to get the sources? Or how > > > would you tell whether s/he actually got the binaries? > > > > What if she gave away the complete product as received (not including > > source, but including the written offer) and the CDs, which contain > > the binaries, were not readable? ;) > > > > Read the above. How about you? Did you read my comment? Did you notice the smiley at the end? > The full product *is* the binaries. If she distributes > it by giving it to someone she, under the GPL, is *required* to pass on > the offer for source. The is what she does in my example. > If she doesn't pass along the offer, she violates > the GPL. But in my example she does. > We are assuming she does not do so, She does, in my example. Same for Alexandre's example. > since once someone starts > doing that the comparison/question is fundamentally different. However, > you are getting away from the point, very much so in fact. See below. > > > > The thing is passed on to another 3rd party. Whether complete or not, > > doesn't matter. > > No, the question is does someone who did *not* get the distribution have > rights to the source? *Bzzzz* Loop. The somewhat rhetoric reply to that was, is anyone who receives only the written offer entitled to received the sources? > The answer is plainly no according to the GPL and > the FAQ. In the scenario described, you do not have anything. Wrong. In Alexandre's example I have only the written offer. In my own example I have unreadable/unusable binaries and the written offer. - -- Michael, who doesn't reply to top posts and complete quotes anymore. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/gIo+0iMVcrivHFQRAnPoAJ9U5y8yD095hYiQJx45GM2lTg3oNQCfSiXz BV9+i7Ow4OaCC0eCsLOy2pc= =ehUO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
