Barracuda GPL Violation Followup
Remember way back on Sept 24, 2005 I blogged about
Barracuda Networks
possibly violating the GPL? Well, I've finally gotten a follow up from
gpl-violations.org. The resolution was that Barracuda now includes the GPL
license text with their products and will provide a source code CD-ROM upon
request. They even have source rpm files available
here.
I'm glad it was resolved. It's important that corporations realize that they
can't just take and use GPL software as if it was in the public domain. I have
a feeling that Barracuda wasn't intentionally violating the GPL and just needed
a little bit of education. I wish they would have taken the education from me
instead of getting gpl-violations.org involved, but corporations are difficult
to persuade.