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Subject:	RE: Unfriendly person violating GPL at http://www.cmdtools.com/
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Date:	Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:53:36 +1000
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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To:	"Joerg Schilling" <schilling AT fokus DOT gmd DOT de>, <cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joerg Schilling [mailto:schilling AT fokus DOT gmd DOT de] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:18 AM
> To: cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Unfriendly person violating GPL at http://www.cmdtools.com/
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> a few hours ago, I send a friendly mail to Dave Navarro 
> <dave AT basicguru DOT com> telling him that he is violating GPL 
> because he publishes a cdrtool binary package (including 
> Cygwin) without providing source at the same place.
> 
> I also told him that he may either remove the binaries or add sources.
> 
> The result is a very unfriendly statement on hist web site. 
> Do you have 
> a nice idea how to tell him that he just has been informed about a 
> violation of the license?

Well, I'd say he miinterpreted what you wrote. However, CDRtools aren't
the only thing there that is an issue. A quick glance shows 
* wget (no source, no mention of the right to obtain source/GPL)
* lots of stuff from sysinternals (IIRC this is personal use only - no
redistribution clause)

So I think another civil attempt would be in order, followed up by a
letter to the fsf about the wget (if the guy doesn't start to listen).

Rob

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