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In article <1993Jan12.082504.15062@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
>>>    Therefore, by
>>>    modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the
>>>    Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so.
>
>That doesn't sound like it's saying "if you violate the GPL by distributing
>without source, you can be prevented from distribution".  It sounds more like
>"if you distribute without source, you just gave implicit consent for someone
>to copy your stuff".

"Your acceptance of this License" means that you agree to distribute source
code.  GPL v2 section 3 describes what it means to distribute source code:
a) include the source code with the binary; b) include a written offer to
deliver source code; or c) include the original author's offer to deliver
source code.  It also says, "If distribution of executable or object code
is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering
equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as
distribution of the source code"; this covers FTP servers.

From section 4: "Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or
distribute the Program is void, and will automatically terminate your
rights under this License."  It *doesn't* say that violating the agreement
gives third parties the right to take source code that you haven't
distributed.


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Barry Margolin
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