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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday February 16 2020, @02:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-way-out dept.

https://www.itwire.com/open-source/linux-kernel-patch-maker-says-court-case-was-only-way-out.html

The head of security firm Open Source Security, Brad Spengler, says he had little option but to file a lawsuit against open source advocate Bruce Perens, who alleged back in 2017 that security patches issued for the Linux kernel by OSS violated the licence under which the kernel is distributed.

The case ended last week with Perens coming out on the right side of things; after some back and forth, a court doubled down on its earlier decision that OSS must pay Perens' legal costs as awarded in June 2018.

The remainder of the article is an interview with Brad Spengler about the case and the issue.

iTWire contacted Spengler soon after the case ended, as he had promised to speak at length about the issue once all legal issues were done and dusted. Queries submitted by iTWire along with Spengler's answers in full are given below:

Previously:
Court Orders Payment of $259,900.50 to Bruce Perens' Attorneys


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  • (Score: 2, Troll) by barbara hudson on Sunday February 16 2020, @05:57PM (1 child)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Sunday February 16 2020, @05:57PM (#958852) Journal
    They simply don't get the patches. How complicated is that. The GPL only grants the right to the source for recipients of the code, not the world at large. If offers, as an alternative, to put the source on a website for the world, but doesn't oblige it.

    Party a gives a program to party b, who gives it to party c. Party c says to party a "you have to give me the source ", party a tells party c to pound sand, all in compliance with the GPL. Party c has to go to party b for the source. "But I can no longer locate party b!" "Not my problem. Pound some more sand." "I found party b, they say they never asked for the source and the 3 year delay is over and they can't be bothered ". "Again, pound sand." All in compliance with the GPL.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday February 16 2020, @10:37PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday February 16 2020, @10:37PM (#958923) Journal
    sjames said [soylentnews.org] it better.