From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262227AbTFJUHs (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:07:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262262AbTFJUGN (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:06:13 -0400 Received: from grieg.holmsjoen.com ([206.124.139.154]:5643 "EHLO grieg.holmsjoen.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262321AbTFJUE7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:04:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:17:30 -0700 From: Randolph Bentson To: Adrian Bunk Cc: David Schwartz , Alan Cox , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL Message-ID: <20030610131730.A26932@grieg.holmsjoen.com> References: <20030609213321.GP16164@fs.tum.de> <20030609222141.GS16164@fs.tum.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030609222141.GS16164@fs.tum.de>; from bunk@fs.tum.de on Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:21:41AM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:21:41AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 02:50:11PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > As I read 3b, it only applies if the person requesting the source > > code actually has physical possession of the written offer. (Though > > the offer could be transferred to anyone.) > > "to give any third party" in 3b is pretty non-ambiguous. You've skipped the qualifing predicate condition. Every clause of section 3 begins with "Accompany it with", referring to the distribution of the Program in object code or executable form. -- Randolph Bentson bentson@holmsjoen.com