[sldev] GPL violation?

[ordinal.malaprop at fastmail.fm]

It says "By purchasing this software, you are using the same under a  
limited license agreement. Any additional duplication, distribution,  
or modification of this software is expressly prohibited." Those would  
seem to me to count as further restrictions incompatible with the  
rights granted by the GPL ("Each time you convey a covered work, the  
recipient automatically receives a license from the original  
licensors, to run, modify and propagate that work, subject to this  
License.") so they would be in breach of the GPL by conveying the  
product with those restrictions.


On 1 Jun 2008, at 15:31, Tony wrote:

> Could someone explain to me why this violates GPL?
>
> I'm not saying that something like this doesn't go against some  
> other rules (like TOS or community standards), and I'm definitely  
> not supporting it as a product,  but I'm not sure why it was brought  
> up as a GPL violation?
> As long as any modifications they make are available for the  
> original source (for free), and that the source of their product is  
> available when requested, isn't it following GPL?
> I only bring it up because I want to understand GPL a bit better.
>
> Tony