Sorry if this appears twice, things happened with the email client here:

Vitaliy <spam <at> maksimov.org> writes:

> I'm curious, then how would you go about obtaining the source code?
> Technically, the software is not "sold", so you should be able to get 
> the source free of charge, right?

There must exist a downloadable (or otherwise available) version of the sources 
used, in a form suitable to build the entire binary package (but this does not 
mean it's a script and you run it - it may involve a hefty percentage of a CS 
degree's knowledge to make things work). If this is not true then the maker is 
in breach of the GPL and he may be made to comply. See here:

  http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/qECCd2x743n32T/The-Legend-of-Linksys.xhtml
  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-violation.html
  http://gpl-violations.org/

The last link has a list of 'hot' cases that is continuously updated. There's 
also this, which is interesting to read (contrast between 'viral' GPL and 'viral'
EULA and other legal shenanigans in a shrinkwrap box or dvd box):

  http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/2025

Peter P.




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