On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:57:38PM +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Wednesday 26 April 2006 22:29, Jason Martin wrote: > > I believe the GPL only requires that changes made to the source > > be available to people who use the modified binary. > > See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic > > for a clarification. > > I don't interpret the text in the same way you do, probably because it is not > very clearly written. I'm not sure that text reflects what the GPL really > says, but in any case, the text *seems* to say that if you release a modified > binary, the person purchasing the binary may freely distribute it, and anyone > who gets such a redistributed binary has the right to have the source, which > "effectively" says that anyone can have it. Oh no I agree about that part, I was just pointing out that the GPL doesn't *mandate* that anyone contribute back to the original project. The GPL doesn't allow the seller to prohibit re-contribution back to the original project, now does it mandate that the seller contribute back.
-Jason Martin -- Busier than a cat trapped in a dog pound. This message is PGP/MIME signed.
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