Re:Researchers find Megaupload shutdown hurt box office reve...
by millstone on Sunday November 25, 2012 @07:14AM
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Do you just accept GPL violations? Once you've given me the source code, it's no longer yours!
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Re:Researchers find Megaupload shutdown hurt box office reve...
by icebraining on Sunday November 25, 2012 @08:13AM
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I accept them just fine if it's by someone who rejects copyright of his own works. I don't accept if it's done by hypocrites.
Re:Researchers find Megaupload shutdown hurt box office reve...
by derleth on Sunday November 25, 2012 @01:48PM
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> Do you just accept GPL violations?
It's hard to violate the GPL without plagiarizing.
Re:Researchers find Megaupload shutdown hurt box office reve...
by millstone on Sunday November 25, 2012 @03:23PM
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I thought plagiarism was an issue of false attribution? If my product gives attribution to the original authors, but I do not release my source code, then I am in violation of the GPL, but I am not a plagiarist.
Re:Researchers find Megaupload shutdown hurt box office reve...
by derleth on Sunday November 25, 2012 @05:27PM
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> I thought plagiarism was an issue of false attribution?
Yes, that's precisely what I've seen people get annoyed about when the issue of copyright violation comes up.
> If my product gives attribution to the original authors, but I do not release my source code, then I am in violation of the GPL, but I am not a plagiarist.
I thought the GPL allowed binary-only distribution as long as there was a link or similar in the program to somewhere the source was available, but apparently not.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#UnchangedJustBinary
"The general rule is, if you distribute binaries, you must distribute the complete corresponding source code too. The exception for the case where you received a written offer for source code is quite limited."