Conversion to Linux

[Monty J. Harder]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Luke Dashjr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:

> Not quite. The copyright holder can do whatever they want. The GPL only
> obligates licensees. RedHat could in theory license RPM under the GPL and
> then
> refuse to give you source. At this point, you would be unable to legally
> redistribute RPM yourself because YOU are bound to the GPL.
>

If it's GPLed, then YOU have the right to make copies of the source code,
and the right to modify the source code. While it does not specify where you
are allowed to receive that source code, if the licensor fails to make that
source code available to you, then from a practical standpoint, they haven't
GPLed the code at all.
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