Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 21:50:52 04/28/02
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On April 28, 2002 at 18:38:33, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>On April 28, 2002 at 18:33:09, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 28, 2002 at 15:20:19, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>On April 28, 2002 at 14:56:36, Wybe K. wrote:
>>>
>>>>Ok, but how to handle this links ? i;;egal ?
>>>>http://www.gambitchess.com/progr.htm
>>>>http://www.szachy.pl/programy/index.html
>>>
>>>If the author has given permission, it is legal of course,
>>>but I doubt if all programs that are on that page are
>>>'cleared' of copyright.
>>>
>>>For example, the WinBoard download on the second page
>>>is a straight violation of the GPL.
>>
>>
>>
>>Why is it in violation of the GPL???
>
> 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
>under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
>Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
>
> a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
> source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections
> 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
>
> b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
> years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
> cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
> machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
> distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
> customarily used for software interchange; or,
>
> c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer
> to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is
> allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you
> received the program in object code or executable form with such
> an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
>
>Neither of those three are met.
>
>--
>GCP
OK, I see.
But it's easy anyway to do a search on "Winboard" at Yahoo and find the sources
in less than one minute...
So I would say that's a minor violation in regard of other possible violations
on this page... :)
Christophe
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