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goerz on March 3, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: BMW Australia Refusing to Comply with Terms of GNU...

Incidentally, if you send me a USB stick with some GPL software on it, I can demand that you give me the source code of that software. However, I can not demand that you also give me the source code for the firmware of the USB stick, even if the source code for that firmware is under GPL (v2)

cyphar on March 4, 2016 [–]

I would definitely demand the firmware if it is GPL. Just because it is "firmware" doesn't suddenly not make it software that you've given me.

goerz on March 13, 2016 | [–]

I can't fathom a reading of the GPLv2 that would support your position. It's just not in there (it is, in GPLv3).

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