Re: QNX Neutrino (new targets, GPL)

[msokolov at ivan dot Harhan dot ORG (Michael Sokolov)]

Anders Norlander <anorland@acc.umu.se> wrote:

> I contacted QNX about their tools since it would be dumb to duplicate the
> effort of porting the tools (and they probably have some knowledge that I
> don't). But QNX refuses to publish the source code for the modified tools.
> They claim it will eventually be available by CVS and that in the meantime
> the sources have been put in the hands of the FSF. I don't know if that is
> true, but I do know that they are intentionally violating the GPL. They
> are aware of the implications of the GPL and they have been distributing
> binutils and GCC binaries for a long time, without any source code.

Yes, this is a serious violation of the GPL and must be reported to the FSF. E-
mail the facts of the case to gnu@gnu.org. The FSF owns the copyright on GCC
and Binutils and is empowered to sue violators. As far as I understand it they
are the only ones empowered to make such a suit. Given this and that FSF is so
committed to its Free Software, I would assume that they would be eager to
bring the violator to justice.

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