Re: [Fsfe-uk] Cheats!

[Gareth Bowker]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 11:09:47PM +0000, Paul wrote:
> 
> Can someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there something in the
> GPL which prohibits this sort of activity? There is nothing on the site
> to say where the code came from, but the screenshots look very familiar.
> Too familiar.

Selling GPL'ed software is fine. The stipulation is that binary software
must have a written offer to distribute the source later, to "any third
party" - so, if I downloaded a GPL'ed binary and gave you a copy, I'd
pass on the written offer to you and you could then request a copy from
where I got it from too.

Of course, if they're not giving you the offer of source, then they're
not complying with the licence.

See the GPL FAQ [1] for more details :)

Gareth
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[1] 
https://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatDoesWrittenOfferValid

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