Handspring, gcc and ignoring the gpl

[Peter W]

Till Harbaum wrote:

> Under http://info.handspring.com/developers_kit.html
> Handspring offers a development kit for their soon to
> come visor pdas. Some of the tools in this package
> are based on gnu tools which all come under the gpl.

> Unfortunately they don't want to release [the source code] now. They
>
> told me to wait some week and to return to their pages
> then to download the sources, since they don't want to
> publish the current version.

This is essentially the same response I got today (1999/10/25, one
week after your post, and six days after I emailed them). I was told
that the source code "should" be up "this week". To which I responded
that the GPL, particulary sections 5 and 7, make it quite clear that
they cannot release binaries without making source available. We'll
see.

-Peter