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Message-ID: <40EAAA3F.6080301@sdf.lonestar.org>
From: bkfsec at sdf.lonestar.org (Barry Fitzgerald)
Subject: Web sites compromised by IIS attack
Maarten wrote:
>On Friday 02 July 2004 23:33, Barry Fitzgerald wrote:
>
>
>>
>>No, I'm not wrong.
>>
>>The discussion is about who's responsible for support of said software.
>>There's no obligation through the GNU GPL that support is required if
>>money changes hands, however the point of the discussion is who's
>>responsible for support of said software in a situation where the
>>software produced is broken and supported.
>>
>>Red Hat sells support. The act of taking binaries and actively and
>>intentionally redistributing them is a support service.
>>
>>
>
>Well that is open to debate. If I just download Redhat, they make no money
>off me. Do they still have to fix my software then ? Are they responsible ?
>
>
Nope - it's the act of exchanging money for the support contract that
makes the obligated to provide said support.
-Barry
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