On Monday 13 August 2007 20:33, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 13:51 +0530, jtd wrote:
No. If the code is GPLed anyone can demand it. Customer or otherwise.
Only a customer can demand. so if i gave Rony and rony gave u a modem, u cant ask me for the source u can ask rony and he'll ask me.
Oh...so if the customer gets the source, hes free to put it up on a mirror and have the entire world download it?
yes. But in a "microvel" situation rony cant offer patent protection - he does not own the patents. I do. And i have given permission only to rony for use not distribution. If i sue rony i am entering a grey area and will have substantial difficulty in gaining a favourable verdict on account of that pesky gplv2. But if i sue anyone of rony's recipients i am a clear weanner. Wonderful innovation. Now i can sit back and not create sphagetti code or jump to the middle of opcodes all i do is patent isnot, garbage bin icons and other trash and sue the idiots who use suse-novell.