This is rather a violation of moral. Better said, I think we got used to
the fact that we always receive libre software for free (gratis).
You are allowed to redistribute the patch legally, but you shall simply
lose access to future patches. One could call it blackmail, another
would call it a business move.
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017, Bruce Perens wrote:
> The allegation is that customers receive a patch to GPL software and
> that the company makes it clear to the customers that this patch must
> not be redistributed.
>
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 1:30 PM, [1]parazyd@???
> <[2]parazyd@???> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2017, Bruce Perens wrote:
> > I've been getting credible reports that [1][3]grsecurity.net
> is
> > infringing the kernel by preventing customers from
> redistributing the
> > GPL code for their patch.
> Can you provide proof? In no way are they violating the GPL. It
> might be
> a question of moral and the "spirit" of free software, but the GPL
> (and
> in case of the kernel it is GPL2) is not being violated by
> Grsecurity.
> > What is it we want Google to do? They usually listen when I
> ask...
> Stop funding wrong and incompetent people.
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>
> References
>
> 1. mailto:parazyd@dyne.org
> 2. mailto:parazyd@dyne.org
> 3. http://grsecurity.net/
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