> 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.
Do you work for grsecurity.net or do you have first knowledge of this fact?
I think a pretty good case could be made that this is an added term under
section 6.
Thanks
Bruce
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 1:44 PM, parazyd@??? <parazyd@???> wrote:
> 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.
> > --
> > ~ parazyd
> > GPG: 0333 7671 FDE7 5BB6 A85E C91F B876 CB44 FA1B 0274
> >
> > References
> >
> > 1. mailto:parazyd@dyne.org
> > 2. mailto:parazyd@dyne.org
> > 3. http://grsecurity.net/
>
> --
> ~ parazyd
> GPG: 0333 7671 FDE7 5BB6 A85E C91F B876 CB44 FA1B 0274
>
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