Re: GPL/LGPL

Dave,

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006, Dave Grothe wrote:

>=20
>    Took you awhile to come up with that one, didn't it?

(I was, and am still, on vacation.)

>    First,  you  are  the  original violator of the GPL since you convey=
ed
>    these  files  to me and did not accompany them with a copy of the GP=
L,
>    or  request  that I add a copy of the GPL to the LiS distribution.  =
So
>    it  would  be  fair  to argue that you have waived your rights to th=
is
>    requirement.

I didn't waive anything.  It is your obligation under the GPL (Section 1)=
 to
include a copy of the license, regardless of whether you were given one o=
r
not.

>    Second, this "violation" is easily remedied by simply adding a copy =
of
>    the full GPL in a file included with the LiS distribution.

Except that your rights to distribute these files under the license has
already terminated.  You will need the permission of the copyright holder=
 if
you want them reinstated.


>    Third, there is a clause in the license notice in the files themselv=
es
>    that render this requirement suspect.
>=20
>       You  should have received a copy of the GNU General Public Licens=
e
>      along with
>       this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.=
,
>      675 Mass
>       Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
>=20
>    In  other  words, you make provision in your notice that the recipie=
nt
>    may not have received a copy of the license and what to do about it =
if
>    he/she did not.  (This is standard GNU recommend language.)

Yes, someone might have violated the license by not including one as you =
have.

>    All  that  notwithstanding I am perfectly happy to remove OpenSS7 co=
de
>    from  the  LiS distribution.  There is nothing of use to me within L=
iS
>    that uses any of it anyway.
>    -- Dave

Yes, please remove the files from your website (including the strinet pac=
kage
on your site in which they are contained).  (But, I think that I already =
asked
you to do this.)

--brian

>      >      ./include/tihdr.h
>      >      ./include/timod.h
>      >      ./include/sys/tihdr.h
>      >      ./include/sys/timod.h
>      >      ./include/sys/tpi.h
>      >      ./include/sys/xti.h
>      >      ./include/sys/xti_inet.h
>      >      ./include/sys/xti_sctp.h
>      >      ./include/sys/xti_xti.h
>      >      ./include/sys/xti_ip.h
>      >      ./include/sys/xti_tcp.h
>      >      ./include/sys/xti_udp.h
>      >      ./include/xti/config.h
>      >      ./include/xti/tihdr.h
>      >      ./include/xti/timod.h
>      >      ./include/xti/xti_atm.h
>      >      ./include/xti/xti.h
>      >      ./include/xti/xti_inet.h
>      >      ./include/xti/xti_ip.h
>      >      ./include/xti/xti_local.h
>      >      ./include/xti/xti_mosi.h
>      >      ./include/xti/xti_osi.h
>      >      ./include/xti/xti_sctp.h
>      >      ./include/xti/xti_tcp.h
>      >      ./include/xti/xti_udp.h
>      >      ./include/xti.h
>      >      ./include/xti_inet.h

--=20
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[email protected]    =A6 world; the unreasonable one persists in  =A6
http://www.openss7.org/ =A6 trying  to adapt the  world  to himself. =A6
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                        =A6 unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw =A6