DOS ain't dead - GPL user restrictions ?

GPL user restrictions ? (Developers)

posted by ecm , Düsseldorf, Germany, 23.06.2009, 00:35

> > The GPL is all
> > about the user. Isn't that what software should be?
>
> Where did you get that delusional idea? It is all about the author,
> otherwise it wouldn't burden the user with so many duties and pretty heavy
> restrictions.

Last time I read the GPL, most duties and restrictions were for the author and co-authors (people modifying source code). Pure users (people that want to use a binary only) are able to obtain the source code as per "the authors are required to provide source", but the users don't have to obtain it. Note that a "pure user" in this sense doesn't (re-)distribute the program, he only uses it.

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