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> Vendor slammed for 'selling' patches 
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When I saw the subject I assumed it was a company selling patchs to
Open Source products for a high price, which is a violation of the
GPL and hence a copyright violation.  This was not the case.

This was a company (ISS) that provided free patches to its clients on
maintenance contracts but which -- like every other software company --
does not provide patches to their internally created proprietary software
or support to companies that don't renew their maintenance contracts.  I
think that the title was debatable.

&gt; Mitch Featherston

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