LG violates GPL?

[Thomas Charron]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn at ebb.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Valent Turkovic wrote:
>>> So where can we get the source for LG TV's? Please provide some
>>> public link.
> Thomas Charron wrote at 07:57 (EDT):
>>   Do you own a high def LG TV?
> Thijs wrote on the same thread:
>>>> Ehm, providing the source upon request only is a violation isn't it?
>>>> It should be available through a public http/ftp site right?
> Thomas's and Thijs's questions hint at an oft-confused area of the GPLv2.
> The offer for source in GPLv2 3(b) applies to *any* third party, not just
> someone who has received physical distribution of the device/program.

  You know, I never noticed that wording of 'Any' 3rd party.  Kinda
funny that it's only present in section B, but not A or C.

> Finally, and most importantly, the GPL definitely never requires someone
> to make all source code publicly, unless the binaries are publicly available.

  Which, in the case of being physically present within a television,
they are. :-D

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-- Thomas