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Re: a fork of gcc is sold for $26k?

From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
To: Arch hvv <arch dot hvv at gmail dot com>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:26:28 -0700
Subject: Re: a fork of gcc is sold for $26k?
References: <CAAjC5jKDLeW6d-YGUTz4yQsM3kU1-RqSGkaO0Fg7FTpYze-KgA@mail.gmail.com>

Arch hvv <arch.hvv@gmail.com> writes:

> Have anybody inspected it? Is GPL violated in this case or not (e.g.
> do they provide all patches they've made to gcc)?

If they provide the source code to anybody who purchases their package,
then they are doing nothing wrong according to the GPL.  I don't know
whether they do or not, but in the absence of evidence I see no reason
to assume they do not.  In particular, there is no requirement that they
make their source code available to the public at large.

That said, discussions of GPL compliance are off-topic for this mailing
list.  If you want to pursue this, please write to
licence-violation@gnu.org, as described at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html .  Thanks.

Ian

References:
- a fork of gcc is sold for $26k?
  - From: Arch hvv

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