🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <9010010014.AA22473@wubios.wustl.edu> david@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU (David J. Camp) writes:

   As far as the boycott is concerned, I believe it is valid to boycott any
   company that uses GNU software in violation of the GPL.  It is in fact
   an option to sue them, but the FSF has chosen to boycott instead,
   perhaps as an acknowledgement of the overuse of the legal system, and
   the grass-roots nature of the GNU project.

To make sure there's no confusion, the FSF has nothing to do with the
packet drivers, and/or the Xircom boycott.

   With all due respect to Russ, I do not feel that these conditions are
   met in this case.  A boycott is a very serious political move, and
   should not be taken lightly.  If anyone is to take boycotts seriously,
   they should be reserved for proven and persistent violations.

Proven?  You can either believe me, or seek your own proof.  Since today
is the day that Xircom says they're ceasing distribution of the Clarkson-derived packet driver, any Xircom adapter on on a distributor's shelves still has
it.  Go and buy one, then read the copyright notice.  See my name?  See
the reference to COPYING, the name the GPL is stored under?  Okay, now
try to get a copy of pedrive.asm.  You can't, because they're violating
the license.

At least one person has tried to get a copy of pedrive.asm and been denied
it.  They have known that they should make the source available from day
one.  That sounds pretty persistent to me.

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