Re:PfSense Is Closed Source
by hnarn on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @10:21AM
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What about legal demands on the original authors? In this case, say an end user has a copy of v2 but only in binary form, can they then legally demand the (v2) source code from the company and claim breach of contract if they refuse? AFAIK itβs a central part of the GPL to be able to request source code, and presumably especially so in the hypothetical case where you have bought it from them?
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Re:PfSense Is Closed Source
by 35fbe7d3d5b9 on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @02:47PM
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This is definitely "ask a lawyer" territory but I'd expect those demands to be seen favorably by courts: the clear intent of the GPL is that someone who is allowed to have the v2 binary is also entitled to the v2 source.