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So, wtf is Onyx and how does it violate GPLv2?

To answer the second part of your question, if you modify code released under GPL, you need a way to provide a machine-readable copy of your modifications to your users.

So, it doesn't need to be publicly available (as in, you and me are not Onyx users, therefore we don't need to have access to it), just to its users. Screenshot shows their user requesting it and being denied the request, hence, GPL violation.

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#GPLRequireSourc...

>if you modify code released under GPL

_and distribute it_

Running it server-side is fine. That's what the AGPL addresses.

If you modify GPL code and only use it yourself without distributing it, you never have to give anyone else access to the modifications.

Indeed - I amended the show waves filter in ffmpeg to create square wave forms for, but my C is terrible and I’m far too embarrassed to commit to a public code forum. As the binary goes no further than my own machines there’s no issue.

Onyx is a manufacturer of Android-based e-Ink tablet/e-Reader.

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