Re: Web sites compromised by IIS attack

[Barry Fitzgerald <bkfsec () sdf lonestar org>]

Maarten wrote:

> On Friday 02 July 2004 23:33, Barry Fitzgerald wrote:
>  
>
> > No, I'm not wrong.
> >
> > The discussion is about who's responsible for support of said software.
> > There's no obligation through the GNU GPL that support is required if
> > money changes hands, however the point of the discussion is who's
> > responsible for support of said software in a situation where the
> > software produced is broken and supported.
> >
> > Red Hat sells support.  The act of taking binaries and actively and
> > intentionally redistributing them is a support service.
> >    
>
> Well that is open to debate.  If I just download Redhat, they make no money 
> off me.  Do they still have to fix my software then ? Are they responsible ?
>  

Nope - it's the act of exchanging money for the support contract that 
makes the obligated to provide said support.

            -Barry

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